'I don't think that's an issue' - India's batting coach Vikram Rathour gives fitting reply to a journalist who questioned Indian batting

Indians are all set to host the South African team for the upcoming three-match T20I. Recently, the Indian team is coming off with a series win against the Australian team by a margin of 2-1. Although, they lost the first match against the visitors which was quite a bit of a high-scoring encounter.

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But, the men in blue came back in the series and clinched successive wins in the second and the third ODI of the series. Apart from that, if it is to talk about the performance of Rohit’s men then the bowling department has disappointed in the white-ball series against the Aussies. Axar Patel was the only bowler who looked quite impressive with his spin.

Other than this, a journalist went to question the batting of team India and he also tried to mess with the batting coach of India, Vikram Rathour.

It depends on the surface that we are playing on - Vikram Rathour

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“When it comes to setting targets, how do you look at tall scores leading into the World Cup given the big picture? When you walk out to bat first, what are the plans? Do the batsmen decide on the field as to what kind of targets you should set?” asked the journalist with Rathour during the pre-match press conference ahead of the first T20I between India and South Africa.

Indian batting didn’t take much time to come up with a clear-cut answer to this and he said that batting was an issue for the team during last year’s 20-20 World Cup. But things have changed since then. He also said that Indian batters have adopted a bit more aggressive approach.

"It depends on the surface that we are playing on. But when you say we haven't been able to put up scores, I don't agree with it. I think batting first, was one of the concerns but since the last T20 World Cup, we have been putting par or plus-par totals every time we have batted first. So I don't think that's an issue," said Rathour while answering to journalist’s question.

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"There is a visible shift in the way we are batting. The approach has changed a bit. We are being more aggressive. We are playing with better strike rates and with more intent and that is pretty evident. As a batting unit, we have done well every time we have batted first. We have been able to put up scores every time,” he added later.