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Perth:<\/strong> Senior India speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar didn’t mince words when he categorically said that \u201cthings could have been different\u201d had Aiden Markram\u2019s catch been taken or a couple of close run-outs been effected in the team\u2019s five wicket defeat against South Africa on Sunday.<\/p>\n Virat Kohli dropped a dolly of Markram at deep mid-wicket off Ravichandran Ashwin when the batter was on 35.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, if you had taken those catches, it would have been different. Catches win matches and those chances, if taken could have made the difference,\u201d Bhuvneshwar said at the post match conference.<\/p>\n Markram scored 52 off 41 balls and added 76 crucial runs for the fourth wicket with David Miller (59 not out) as South Africa chased a target of 134 with two balls to spare.<\/p>\n While he didn\u2019t want to commit that the dropped catch was when momentum shifted but one could read between the lines that fielding on the day did let the team down.<\/p>\n \u201cNot really, the catch we dropped and run out chances that we missed, I won\u2019t say momentum shifted but it would have been different. But I won\u2019t pinpoint any particular moment as such,\u201d the seamer said.<\/p>\n Difficult track to bat on ============== Bhuvneshwar was sympathetic with the Indian top-order which struggled to cope with extra pace, bounce and movement.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to batting, we all know it was a difficult wicket to bat on. If you look at the tournament so far, the par score has been around 140 and so. We believed that with 140, we had belief that we can make a match of it.\u201d He defended skipper Rohit Sharma\u2019s decision to give Ashwin the 18th over (his fourth) after going for 17 runs in the 14th over. The only other option Rohit had was Deepak Hooda.<\/p>\n \u201cGenerally, the thought is that if spinner could keep things tight, it would have been difficult for the batters in the end while facing the pacers. And if you keep a spinner at the end then it becomes easier for batting. Had we got a wicket, things could have changed,\u201d he rued.<\/p>\n Unlike India, where chasing is the order of the day in T20Is due to the dew factor, conditions in Australia change from one city to another.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the beauty of Australia. In India, you try to chase as you have dew. In Australia, things change from city to city and here it was difficult chasing but it could be different in next city we go,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He didn\u2019t want to give the extreme cold conditions as an excuse for not doing well.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was very difficult but we never talked about that as we knew we have to cope with those conditions. Even in Melbourne it was cold but we never talked about these things.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<\/p>\n News From This Website <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"