New Zealand outplayed us in all departments: Rohit Sharma
Wellington, Feb 6 (IBNS): Indian captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said New Zealand 'outplayed' his team in all the departments of the game on the first T20 match of the series.
"We were outplayed in all three departments actually," Rohit said during the post-match ceremony.
He also blamed failure in forming a partnership was a cause behind the defeat.
"We always knew 200 is not going to be an easy chase. We kept losing wickets, that kept throwing us out of the game. We have chased 200-run targets in the past. But when you don't have a good partnership while chasing big totals, it's always difficult," he said.
"Us as a team, we have chased down the targets, that's why we were playing with eight batsman. We needed that one big partnership which we failed to do," Sharma said.
New Zealand defeated India by 80 runs in the match.
New Zealand went 1-0 up in the three-match series with this victory.
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