“Do not Need To Look…”: Rohit Sharma’s Blunt Take On India’s 2nd ODI Loss To Sri Lanka

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma termed the 32-run defeat towards Sri Lanka within the second ODI as hurting, and stated there can be discussions about the way in which batters performed within the middle-overs on Sunday. India have been jolted by leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay’s six-wicket haul, and have been bowled out for 208 whereas chasing 241, as soon as once more exposing their fragility towards spin. “If you lose a recreation, every little thing hurts. It isn’t nearly these 10 overs (when India misplaced six wickets for 50 runs). It’s important to play constant cricket and we failed to do this. Little dissatisfied however this stuff occur,” stated Rohit within the post-match presentation ceremony. “We weren’t adequate. Do not need to look an excessive amount of into how we performed. However there will be talks about our batting within the center overs,” he added.

Rohit stated India batters must adapt rapidly to the pitches right here.

“You bought to adapt to what’s in entrance of you. With left-right (mixture of batsmen), we felt it will be simpler to rotate strike. However credit score to Jeffrey, he obtained six wickets.” The 37-year-old stated there won’t be any change in his strategy regardless of the setback on this match.

“The explanation I obtained 65 is due to the way in which I batted. When I’m batting like that, there’s a whole lot of dangers taken. When you do not cross the road, you all the time really feel dissatisfied.

“However I do not need to compromise on my intent. We perceive nature of this floor, it will get actually robust within the center overs. It’s important to attempt to get as many as attainable within the powerplay,” he added.

Sri Lankan skipper Charith Asalanka stated their complete of 240 was sufficient underneath the situations.

“I used to be pleased with the rating — 240 was adequate. As a captain, I like this type of issues (loads of spin choices). It was an unbelievable spell by him (Vandersay).” Nonetheless, Asalanka hoped to chip in with the bat too within the subsequent match.

“I’m primarily a batter, and I’ve to attain runs. After that I can bowl a number of overs,” he stated.

Participant of the match Wandersay stated there was a little bit of stress on him to carry out as he got here into the facet as a substitute for Wanindu Hasaranga, who was dominated out of the collection with a hamstring harm.

“There was a whole lot of stress coming into the facet. I’m popping out of a layoff. It’s simpler to take credit score (for myself). However I need to give credit score to the batters as properly, who put 240 runs on board.” The 34-year-old stated he should maintain pushing himself to be in among the many common gamers.

“Hasaranga is our No. 1 spinner. I obtained to grasp the ambiance of the group and group stability. I’ve to maintain pushing myself.” Vandersay stated the wicket of Rohit Sharma boosted his confidence.

“There was help within the wicket, I used to be making an attempt to hit the great areas. As soon as I obtained my first wicket (Rohit), that constructed up my confidence,” he stated. PTI UNG 7/21/2024 AH AH AH

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