Centurion, Feb 22 (UNI) After losing the second T20I of the three-match series, India skipper Virat Kohli believes the rains made life difficult for his bowlers as the men in blue failed to defend a respectable total of 188 against hosts South Africa here on Wednesday night.
Commenting on the match's outcome, which the visitors lost by six-wickets, the run-machine said,"Tough one for the bowlers. We were looking at 175 with the loss of early wickets. Manish and Raina batted well initially. Manish and MS were outstanding to get to 190. I thought that was a winning total. Then the weather made it hard for the bowlers. Till the 12th over it was fine but with the drizzle, the wicket settled down. The ball was difficult to grip too."
"You don’t want play to be stopped. Once the game was continued in the first innings, we knew it was going to be continued throughout. We didn’t really have problems with the conditions, it was a constant drizzle, was fine to play," Kohli said further.