Why Rohit is not worried despite series loss?
Why Rohit is not worried despite series loss, India suffered a surprising series loss against Sri Lanka which questions team’s performance in the 50-over format and their ability to play on the spin friendly wickets.
The Indian side, who has not played any ODI game in 2024 before the Sri Lanka series found themselves in trouble to convert their starts and failed to build partnerships that resulted in a series loss.
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Although despite losing the series 2-0 Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said that the series result is not a big concern, and it’s not the “end of the world”.
Sri Lanka seal the ODI series 2-0! What a dominant performance from our Lions! 🇱🇰🏆 #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/py9hzveaYz
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) August 7, 2024
“I don’t think it is a concern. But it is something we have to look at individually and as a gameplan. It is a joke. When you are playing for India there is never going to be complacency. When I am captain there is no chance of complacency. But you have to give credit to good cricket. Sri Lanka played better than us.
These things happen, series lost is not the end of the world, you will lose an odd series here and there but it is about how you come back after the loss,” – said Indian skipper Rohit Sharma at the post-match presentation ceremony.
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After tying the first match of the series, Indian team fell short by 32 runs in the second and witnessed a big loss by 110 runs in the third and final match of the series. Rohit was once again the highest run-scorer in the third successive game for India.
Despite failing to chase 231, 241 and 248 in three ODIs respectively, India’s captain Rohit Sharma topped the most runs getter in the series chart. He scored 157 runs in three innings at a strike rate of 141.44, including 2 fifties.
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The second-best Indian batter in series was Axar Patel, who scored 79 in three innings, followed by Virat Kohli 58.
Tour to Sri Lanka was the first assignment of India’s new head coach Gautam Gambhir, and it began well with a 3-0 T20I series win, but the ODI series loss was a letdown.
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