India captain Rohit Sharma performed down hype round Saturday’s Asia Cup blockbuster towards Pakistan, saying their are 4 extra groups within the event and they’re utilizing the event to hunt few solutions for the house World Cup later this yr.
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“For us it’s a huge event forward of the ODI WOrld Cup. Final yr we additionally performed on this event forward of the T20 World Cup. It’s a very good event the place your abilities, and your capability of taking part in beneath stress… every little thing might be examined,” Rohit informed journalist Vimal Kumar on Khul Ke forward of the much-anticipated India-Pakistan conflict.
“I don’t see Asia Cup simply as a preparation. It’s a huge event for us to search out out few solutions forward of the World Cup. Our focus is to play effectively within the Asia Cup,” he stated.
Beginning in the present day, India and Pakistan can doubtlessly conflict thrice over the subsequent two weeks within the Asia Cup. Bilateral cricket has been a sufferer of strained political ties between India and Pakistan over the past decade and a half and the neighbouring international locations now play one another solely in multi-team occasions at impartial venues.
Rohit Sharma additionally performed down the discuss that Asia Cup has been lowered to a India-Pakistan bilateral sequence.
“No no it’s not like that. Followers and media can say that it’s form of one-day sequence between India and Pakistan however we should not overlook that there are different groups as effectively,” he stated.
“Sri Lanka gained the Asia Cup final yr, they performed extraordinarily effectively. Anybody can win Asia Cup. You possibly can’t solely afford to suppose that we’re solely taking part in towards one staff. There are 4 different groups, it’s simply not about one opponent,” he added.
Crew India captain Rohit Sharma stated that he delighted to see Jasprit Bumrah again within the motion however doesn’t need to put the bowler beneath any form of pointless stress
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“It was good to see Bumrah again in motion after so lengthy. He’s a really key participant for us. Each Bumrah and Prasidh performed two video games in Eire they usually bowled effectively. It was a very good signal for us. Each of them has labored onerous prior to now one and half years on the NCA,” he stated.
I’m blissful that he’s again from the damage after so lengthy. I’m glad to see him in motion. However it will likely be very unfair for me to speak about one participant. It’s a staff and also you want contribution from each particular person to win a event, it’s essential have peroformance from everybody.
“I don’t need to put him beneath any unecessary stress with any expectations. If you’re taking part in for India, there all the time be stress and expectations, they’re like brothers. It’s not going anyplace. So it’s higher that one ought to concentrate on the targets of the staff.”