ZIM vs IND 2nd ODI: We weren’t nervous says KL Rahul

Indiarsquos top order wobbled a bit while chasing a small total but captain KL Rahul said his side were not nervous as it notched up a comprehensive fivewicket win over Zimbabwe in the second ODI to clinch the series with one match remaining here on SaturdayChasing 162 to win India were 974 at the end of the 14th over before Sanju Samsonrsquos unbeaten 43 off 39 balls took the visitors home with 242 overs leftKL RahulldquoWe bat deep and itrsquos good for some of the guys to get time in the middle We werenrsquot nervousrdquo Rahul said at the postmatch presentationlsquoZim have quality bowlersrsquoldquoThey Zimbabwe have some quality bowlers and they bowled well against Bangladesh I watched on the television The bowlers did come hard theyrsquore tall and big and strong boysShardul Thakur left celebrates a wicket with Axar Patel on Saturday PicICCldquoGood challenge for us as batters but we bat deep so it wasnrsquot a worryrdquoRahul promoted himself at the top of the batting order to open the India innings with Shikhar Dhawan but was out for 1 in the second over of the run chase ldquoIt didnrsquot work on the changed batting order I wanted to get some runs but it didnrsquot happen Hopefully in the next gamerdquo he saidAlso Read Role clarity gives outofform players direction to work in Team India skipper Rohit SharmaldquoWersquore here to play good cricket and win Itrsquos a great turnout today itrsquos a weekend and wherever we go across the world we get good support from Indian fans so thanks to themrdquoMan of the match Sanju Samson said he enjoyed keeping wickets and contributing with the batldquoFeels good to spend time in the middle I took three catches but I missed a stumping too as rsquokeepers wersquore used to listening to things we didnrsquot do wellrdquo said Samson who took three catches and scored an unbeaten 43For hosts Zimbabwe it was their second successive loss and captain Regis Chakabva said his team has lacked in execution with both bat and ballExecution issueldquoWe had a really good fight in the field Wersquove struggled to pick early wickets in the last few games and we did that todayrdquo Chakabva saidldquoWe fell short of runs on the board Our execution lacked a little bit in the end and wersquore looking to score more runs The bowlers came out charging and they tried to hit their lengthsrdquo he addedBrief scoresZimbabwe 161 all out in 381 overs S Williams 42 R Burl 39 S Thakur 338 lost to India 1675 in 254 overs S Samson 43 S Gill 33 S Dhawan 33 L Jongwe 233 by five wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever