After India lost the line to India by 2-0, the captain of India dismisses confidence claims.
We must discuss it, they say.
When asked if India's captain Rohit Sharma's decision to drop the ODI set against Sri Lanka 2-0 was the result of their lack of application to the turning game, they were immediately questioned. India lost 27 wickets to roll, the most by any team against this selection in a three-match line.
" I do n't think it's a concern", Rohit said after India's first ODI series loss to Sri Lanka since 1997. " But it's something we need to look at really, into our inpidual activity ideas. We were certainly put under pressure throughout the set. We need to appear into it, do something differently, want to talk about it and come up with various ideas".
Rohit struck two half-centuries and was perfectly India's best flour in the line. Every run-chase received barnstorming starts, but once the niche spread, the ball grew older and started to change, it became difficult for the batters to keep that tempo. Especially new ones. India's middle-order were able to find a way past this trouble.
In the line opening, India lost 5 for 57 after racing to 75 without lost chasing 231. On Sunday, they collapsed from 97 for 0 to 147 for 6 in a hunt of 241. On Wednesday, Rohit struck 31 of the 37 works for the first batsman before they lost 6 for 45.
Were India careless?
" It's a joke", Rohit responded. " When you're playing for India, there's no confidence as long as I am around captaining the team. It's certainly going to be the case. You come around trying to win every game, give your best and get responses, but yes, we were outplayed. Sri Lanka played better cricket than we did, and you have to provide credit where it's due.
India ended up chasing after losing all three games. The turn-on provide under lights in all games made batting get harder and harder. India increased their bowling on Wednesday by replacing Arshdeep Singh with Riyan Parag, who is the line ' opener.
This meant Shivam Dube had to promote the new game with Mohammed Siraj. According to Roto, the bowling shake-up was mostly caused by the circumstances, but also by the need to offer some of the younger players opportunities. Parag, who impressed in the T20I leg of the tour with his range of legspin and offspin, was the find of India's batsmen with 3 for 54 on ODI album.
" We looked at the problems and thought taking speed off is an excellent blend", Rohit said. We also have a lot of players waiting in the wings, they say. We have to look at some of the people who have n't got an opportunity. All in all, we did n't play good cricket throughout the series, hence we stand here".
Were there any positive?
" A some, like how our bowlers bowled", Rohit said. However, I believe there are many places where we should focus our attention rather than the positive, despite your desire to examine the negatives. We'll return and talk about what we need to do when this occurs.
India do n't play an ODI series until January against England leading into the next major global event, the Champions Trophy in 2025. They also take a long break and wo n't play international cricket until late September when Bangladesh hosts a series of home tests.
" A series loss does n't mean the end of the world", Rohit said. These players have been playing great cricket for a while. Yes, we may gain a one-off set here and there, what's important is how we move on from this and how we can travel back".
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