“Yeah, we’re all [feeling] pretty good,” Balbirnie stated on the post-match presentation. “It’s not every day you get that close against a team like India. We did a lot of good stuff with the bat. We said at the halfway stage there’s just one way we’re going to chase: go out and be expressive.
“I believe we did that however we’re bitterly disillusioned once you come so shut. It was an amazing recreation of cricket for everybody right here. The crowd has been superb [in] the final two video games, nevertheless it’s actually a bitter capsule to swallow now.”
“Certainly make use of the powerplay,” Balbirnie said. “That’s a little bit of a no brainer. I assumed Paul did that brilliantly. He went after Bhuvi within the first over and set the tone. I clearly took a bit extra time to get going and finally did. The opening partnership set the tone for the remainder of the blokes to return in and specific themselves. I believe they did that fairly properly all the best way down.”
“They performed distinctive pictures, and we have been shocked. There’s little question in regards to the high quality of the Irish batters, and that was on present in the present day.”
India seamer Harshal Patel on Ireland giving them a scare
“I believe for the time being it [the feeling] is disappointment, however on the similar time we have gone toe-to-toe with a very good workforce [India],” Balbirnie said. “We’ve put up an excellent rating, which on some other day might be a probably profitable rating, however we have now to take that confidence.
“We play New Zealand next week in ODIs and T20s, and we have an exciting summer. We can’t let this be a flash in the pan. We have to make sure we keep improving, going out with the same mindset in T20 cricket.”
“Yeah, we were comfortable [at halftime], and most of the times when you get 225, you defend it,” Harshal informed the host broadcaster Sony. “But they came pretty close, played some really good shots. The wicket was an absolute belter, and the outfield was fast. But that’s what we pride ourselves on; we held our nerve and finished the game.
“They performed some distinctive pictures, and we have been form of shocked by the best way they batted in the present day. There’s little question in regards to the high quality of the Irish batters, and that was on present in the present day.”