Ravindra Jadeja not concerned with loss to New Zealand in India’s opening warm-up match

May 25 (CRICKETNMORE) - Ravindra Jadeja insists India have no reason to be worried despite suffering defeat to New Zealand in their opening warm-up match at The Oval. India are one of the favourites t

“It will come, everyone has a lot of experience so we’re happy.

“This is our first game, there isn’t anything to worry about as a batting unit, we have a lot of experience and it’s just one game, you can’t really judge it for one bad innings.”

The damage was done early after India elected to bat, with Kohli the fourth man to fall with just 10.3 overs on the board as Boult and Colin de Grandhomme struck early.

From 39-4 India needed to rebuild and they did so through Jadeja, striking six fours and two sixes in his 50-ball 54 as conditions eased into the middle overs in London.

Hardik Pandya also hung around for 30 but three wickets for Jimmy Neesham restricted India to 179, a total which New Zealand chased down for the loss of four wickets within 38 overs.

But Jadeja was among those happy with the outing, with work in the nets paying off as he looks to keep up his secondary function alongside spin bowling.

“I was batting and working on things during the Indian Premier League, whenever I get the opportunity between the matches, I work on my basic technique and shot selection,” he added.

“Conditions were tough, particularly for English conditions, you expect there to be something for 15-20 overs, but it was getting better and better.

“We hope that we get a different wicket in matches, with not as much grass on there for our batting.”

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