Indian team captain Rohit Sharma denies rumors that Indian team will enter the World Cup as the No. 1 ODI team, saying being the world’s top-ranked team gives them positivity. admitted. The Men in Blue became the number 1 team across formats after defeating Australia in Mohali.
India won the 2023 Asia Cup after comfortably defeating Australia twice in the home series, becoming the highest-ranked team in the ODI format. Previously, he was number 1 in Tests and T20 Internationals. Rohit Sharma’s team was guaranteed to start the ODI World Cup at number one in the world.
Talking to the media at a press conference, Rohit Sharma downplayed the expectations of participating in the tournament as the best team in the world and said that he wanted to play as a great brand of cricket in this mega event and in Woking. He said he plans to continue. It means the team has bigger things to do before the big event in this country.
“It’s pretty good. Honestly, it doesn’t matter what ranking you end up with or what your past track record is. Sure, it’s good to move forward, but , you know that sports are happening now.
“So we have to play very good cricket these days. I don’t think anyone is worried about the rankings at the moment because there are bigger things to worry about,” Rohit said.・Mr. Sharma said.
India led the series 2-0 with KL Rahul taking charge as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav did not rest as they played in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. The form and fitness of key players will be critical to the team’s success in theODI World Cup.
As A Skipper, You Would Not Look Into All Those Things Like A Whitewash- Rohit Sharma
Speaking about the clean sweep against Australia, Rohit Sharma feels the team is more focused on playing good cricket in the final and the third ODI in Rajkot, with was satisfied with the team’s performance. They won both games comfortably, securing a 1-1 victory.
“As a captain, you don’t approach all these things as if you can whitewash them. You want to play good cricket and achieve certain things on the field.”< /strong>
“I missed the last two games, but I watched a lot of games. I thought we played really good cricket and achieved a lot.” added Rohit Sharma.
Rohit’s Men in Blue achieved a stunning victory over Sri Lanka and clinched their eighth title in the continental competition. They were full of enthusiasm to lead the Indian team to theICCtitle after a decade of action on their native soil.
