We were very disciplined with our areas – Arshdeep Singh on India’s bowling against New Zealand

India conjured a superlative bowling performance in Tauranga, clinching the ODI series after securing the bragging rights of the final clash.

In a modest-scoring encounter, the Men in Blue successfully defended 209 runs as their bowlers were spot on.

Arshdeep Singh led the charge with an extraordinary spell, registering figures of 3/30 while also impressing with the bat, smashing a quickfire 14 off just four balls. Singh bagged the Player of the Match award for his sensational all-round performance. Talking at the post-match presentation, Singh opened up on his overall performance while also dropping a shade about his personal life and change of franchises in the IPL.

Reflecting on his knock with the bat, Singh said, “I love my batting. Even if I’m batting at eleven, I enjoy it. And always trying to create room for myself and smash it. But some people on my team say that I’m scared of the ball. But I take it. I create room.”

Elaborating on his cameo and the little partnership with Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep added, “Yes, that’s the chat when we ended the batting as well. Siraj told me that these runs will be very crucial. And we made sure we went above 200 and that was a little thought in mind: we had crossed a small milestone there and had some runs to bowl at.”

Opening up on his bowling performance, Arshdeep stated, “I feel like we kept coming and we were very disciplined with our areas and we didn’t let go of that thing even when we were not getting the results, we were not getting the wickets. But we kept bowling that and eventually got the results and yes, we won.”