Rohit Sharma’s Honest Response After The Defeat Against Sri Lanka: After nearly getting choked by the Indian side, Sri Lanka turned the pressure around and won the match by 6 wickets, this is the first time that India has lost twice under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.
India after the defeat against Sri Lanka is now one step away from packing the bags, Afghanistan must beat Pakistan, then India must beat Afghanistan with a huge margin, and Sri Lanka must beat Pakistan, if all these things happen there is a change that India can qualify for the finals of the Asia Cup 2022.
Skipper Rohit Sharma was honest when asked about the reason for the loss in big tournaments, he stated saying “There nothing lacking as such, the team has the quality we’ve played and won so many matches, I think in this kind of tournaments the opposition are all different from each other, where there is more pressure because, in a bilateral series, you’re playing the same opposition for three to five matches so you understand better and can plan for it, but these of tournaments like Asia Cup and World Cup the challenge is to tackle different teams and have different plans for each team. We have spoken a lot about this in the dressing room, to always keep the team first and to give importance to the process and mindset, because only then will the result come.
He was brutally honest when speaking about the selection of the playing eleven, He stated that “we are still looking for answers. These were two back-to-back games of close finishes. Have to give a lot (of credit) to Arshdeep for bowling at the death and for the way he bowled. Chahal and Bhuvi are seniors and have been doing it for a while. I need to get answers from the younger ones.”
“We fell 10-15 runs short. The second half of the batting wasn’t good for us. The guys who were out in the middle can learn about what shots can be played. These things can happen, losses like these will make us understand what works as a team.”
India will now have to pray that Pakistan loses their next two matches and India has to beat Afghanistan to qualify for the finals, and it is unlikely that this will happen, but we have to wait and watch anything that can happen in the game of cricket.
