Rohit Sharma’s return marks India back to the winning track. The star player guided Men in Blue to an impressive win over West Indies in the series opener of three-match series. And, in the post-match conference, he also said that they need to do something different from others in order to achieve success.
Rohit Sharma’s brilliant fifty guided India to a remarkable victory in 1st ODI vs West Indies. The Men in Blue picked a bit different playing 11 from the one that featured in the South Africa ODI series.
The management picked Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal as the two main spinners. Mohammed Siraj also marked his return to white-ball cricket. He shared the ball with Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur leading the attack of the national side. Meanwhile, Deepak Hooda made his ODI debut and performed extremely well in his maiden game for the national side in difficult situations.
Rohit Sharma not happy with Indian batsmen performance in 1st ODI
Although, management implemented some big changes after COVID entered their camp. But, still, the hosts managed an easy win over the visitors.
In the post-match conference, Rohit Sharma, the new full-time Indian skipper said that he wants to make his side better and better with every game. He added that everyone in the team wants to win and there is a great atmosphere back in the dressing room.
He also hints at making some shocking decisions going ahead if the situation demands.
“We want to keep getting better as a team. The end goal is we should be able to achieve what the team wants. If the team requires us to do something different, have to do it. Don’t think we have to change a lot. All I will ask of the players is to challenge yourself and be innovative,” he said in the post-match presentation.
Rohit Sharma also opined that they could have easily finished the game without losing many wickets during 1st ODI. Also, he feels the team needs to improve on taking wickets with consistency during the games.
“I don’t believe in a perfect game. You cannot be perfect. We want to keep getting better. All in all a great effort from everyone. We ticked all boxes. Pretty happy with that. With that bat we could’ve finished with not so many wickets, that is one. Could also have created pressure on their lower order. Don’t want to take any credit away,” he further said.
