Following a consecutive defeates in Asia Cup 2022 super 4s Rohit Sharma said Batters failed to capitalise the momentum obtained during the middle overs against Sri Lanka and failed to finish the Innings on a good note.
At the ongoing Asia Cup 2022, Sri Lanka defeated India by six wickets in Super 4s on 6th September.
Thanks to half centuries of Kusal Mendis and Pathun Nissanka.
“We did not bat and score runs in the first six overs the way we wanted. But we got momentum after that. But we failed to capitalise on it and finish the game. I think we were 10-12 runs short, but 175 runs are defendable too. The way spinners bowled, they gave us hope and brought us into the match again. But we could not close the match the way we wanted to,” said Rohit in a post-match press conference.
When asked about Bhuvneshwar Kumar disappointing performance:
“Even experienced bowlers go for runs. Bhuvi has been playing for us for so many years and has won us so many matches in death overs,” he added.
Rohit Sharma said only few changes will made in the Playing XI for T20 World Cup.
90-95 Percent team is complete.
“We wanted to try out certain things. Before Asia Cup, we had four seamers, two spinners and one of them being an all-rounder. I always wanted to try and find out what happens when you play three seamers and two spinners and one seamer is an all-rounder. When you play with quality, you want to challenge yourself. The fourth seamer was not available, as he was sick,” he said.
“There are a lot of questions that we need to answer, we have found answers for some while playing in the last 3-4 series. Somewhere sometime, we will draw a line and say “yes that this combination needs to play”. We will try out more players in Australia and South Africa series till T20 World Cup squad is announced.”
“We have the sixth bowling option but we want to try the combination of the fifth bowler. When we go to World Cup then we would like to go with six bowlers. We have played a lot of matches with six bowlers,” he concluded.
