India captain Rohit Sharma said ahead of the match against Sri Lanka in Mumbai that his team is not looking to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing ODI World Cup unbeaten. Rather, Team India plans for him one match at a time. The Men in Blue had an excellent performance in the competition, with the home team winning six of their six matches.
With six wins from their previous matches, the Men in Blue are on track to overtake South Africa into the lead once again and aim to beat the island nation. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka will be playing a fresh match after their disastrous loss to Afghanistan, while both teams will be looking to put in a good performance at the venue of his 2011 ODI World Cup final.
Before the match against Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma told the media that the team does not try to play well throughout theODI World Cupseason, but plays good cricket on a particular day. He said he is concentrating on that. He remains undefeated.
Regarding his batting, Rohit said that although he is currently enjoying himself, as an opener he feels he needs to assess the situation before scoring runs in different conditions.
“I don’t think too far ahead. I worry about the current match, try to play some good cricket and then move on to the next match. I don’t think about being unbeaten. Every day is a new day,” said Rohit Sharma.
“As an opener, I step in zero to zero, set the tempo, assess the pitch, decide how many points we need to score or what is ideal on the pitch. I’ll try to figure it out.”In the last match against England, we lost wickets early on so we had to bat accordingly. All I can say is that I enjoy batting,” added Rohit Sharma.
Rohit Sharma, who scored a match-winning 87 points, continued his incredible run and was named the Man of the Match against the defending champions. This was not the only positive development for the Men in Blue as Lucknow’s bowlers were busy putting things together for the team.
I Have No Hesitation In Playing Two Seamers And Three Spinners – Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma has revealed that he feels that the Indian bowlers are in a good rhythm at the moment and would like to continue playing more matches to build momentum throughout the tournament, adding that He also said that he had no intention of considering hiring someone else. If the situation is favorable to the slow bowler, then in the tournament he will be played by three spinners.
“The bowlers have a good rhythm and the feedback is that they want to continue the game.” As for defending the 3-spinners, if the situation calls for it, you can defend the two-seamer and the 3-spinner insert. I have no hesitation in doing so. . It all depends on the pitch and conditions,” Rohit Sharma further added.
The Indian team opted to use two spinners in all matches except the match against Australia in Chennai, where Ravikhandran Ashwin played as the team’s third spinner We did, but the chances of the Indian team opting for it are very low. Play him in the Wankhede as the conditions will help the seamer a little bit in the beginning of the innings.
