Jadeja,
who
was
adjudged
‘Player
of
the
Match’ for
his
3
for
15
against
Scotland,
was
asked
in
the
context
of
his
skipper
Virat
Kohli’s
assertion
that
the
team
wasn’t
“brave
enough”
against
New
Zealand
during
their
second
game
which
they
lost
by
eight
wickets.

“If
you
look
at
it
that
way,
then
in
last
two
to
three
years,
we
have
played
some
really
good
cricket,
whether
it’s
in
India
or
overseas.
So
it’s
not
fair
to
judge
us
on
basis
of
one
or
two
games,” Jadeja
said
after
India’s
8-wicket
win
over
Scotland.

Wish
we
had
couple
of
good
overs
against
Pakistan
and
New
Zealand
but
glad
to
get
our
mojo
back:
Virat
Kohli

“In
T20
cricket,
any
team
can
have
an
odd
bad
game
or
two
but
you
can’t
think
too
much
about
those
defeats.
You
have
to
move
on
and
think
about
the
opportunities
ahead.
We
will
take
the
positives
from
those
two
games
and
look
to
play
well
in
future
games,”
he
added.

India
played
three
specialist
spinners
on
the
day
but
Jadeja
said
that
his
role
was
the
same
it
has
now
been
for
years.

India
vs
Scotland
T20
World
Cup
2021:
Man
of
The
Match,
Post
Match
Presentation,
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and
Highlights

“My
role
was
the
same.
I
looked
to
take
wickets
in
middle
overs
and
bowl
like
how
I
bowl
usually.
No
change
in
plans
just
because
we
were
playing
Scotland.
It
was
a
simple
basic
plan.
Look
to
bowl
in
good
areas
and
let
the
wicket
do
the
rest.”

He
admitted
that
in
the
ongoing
T20
World
Cup,
dew
has
become
a
game-changer
and
often
the
same
team
that
looks
disoriented
while
batting
in
the
first
innings
is
looking
like
a
different
team
when
batting
second.
A
case
in
point
was
India’s
chase
of
86
in
just
6.3
overs
on
Friday
night.

T20
World
Cup:
India
vs
Scotland:
Shami,
Jadeja
grab
three-fors
as
India
roll
over
Scotland
for
85

“In
the
first
innings
of
these
games,
the
ball
is
stopping
and
gripping
a
bit
off
the
surface.
If
you
bat
in
the
second
innings,
dew
makes
the
track
flat
and
batters
then
find
it
very
easy.

“When
you
are
batting
first
on
these
tracks,
we
are
not
getting
the
starts
we
are
used
to
and
when
the
start
is
a
poor
one,
it
becomes
difficult
to
come
back
in
middle
overs.
For
that,
winning
toss
becomes
important
and
as
then
you
can
opt
to
bat
second.”

Even
after
two
defeats
and
while
staring
at
the
exit
door,
the
Indian
team
didn’t
press
the
panic
button,
asserted
its
senior
member.
“We
didn’t
press
the
panic
button
because
as
I
said
earlier,
you
will
have
a
few
bad
matches
in
T20s
and
especially
in
these
conditions
toss
has
become
important
as
dew
is
becoming
a
game-changer.
If
the
team
that
bats
first
in
one
game
gets
to
chase
in
another,
you
can
see
the
difference.

“Dew
is
making
it
seem
as
if
the
first
team
to
bat
is
playing
on
a
different
surface
as
to
the
chasing
team.”

He
ended
the
press
conference
on
a
cheeky
note
when
a
scribe
asked,
“what
if
New
Zealand
beat
Afghanistan?
What
would
you
do?”
“Then
we
will
pack
our
bags
and
go
home.
What
else
will
be
left
then,”
he
smiled.