Suryakumar said he has not been doing anything different.

'Happy with the win, first win, always nice.' When I am captaining him I always tell him to bluff and that's what he did. 'Sky (Suryakumar) is a very important player for us in the middle, plays spin well,' said Rohit who made 48 off 36 balls. On his dismissal off the bowling of Mumbai Indians team-mate Trent Boult, he said, 'Trent Boult knows my weakness, I know his strength. He also lavished praised on player-of-the match Suryakumar Yadav for his 40-ball 62. Rohit said at one stage it looked like New Zealand would score 180-plus but a 'complete bowling performance' did not let it happen. 'As a captain and a team, happy that those guys finished the game off. A good game for us, missing a few players, opportunity to other guys to show their ability.'

'It didn't come as easy as we expected, so great learning for the guys, to understand what needs to be done, not about power-hitting all the time,' he said at the post-match presentation. The home team was cantering to a comfortable win but messed up the chase in the final four overs before Rishabh Pant took India past the target of 165.

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