India skipper Rohit Sharma seemed to be a happy man as he lauded his teammates after the fifth day of the second Check obtained washed out which meant that the match was drawn, handing the guests a 1-0 sequence victory towards West Indies.
Talking about Mohammed Siraj, who was named man of the match for the primary time in Checks after his greatest figures of 5/60, Rohit stated, “Siraj, I’ve been watching him intently. He’s taken such an enormous step. He has led this assault,” earlier than including that he desires each considered one of his tempo battery to step up when they’re wanted in order that the accountability doesn’t fall squarely on the shoulders of only one man. “I don’t need anybody to guide the assault. I need everybody to guide when they’re having the ball of their hand. You need all the tempo battery taking the accountability,” he stated.
Speaking about India’s batting, the captain praised Ishan Kishan who scored his maiden Check 50 in addition to Virat Kohli. “You want guys like Ishan. We needed fast runs, we promoted him, he wasn’t afraid. He was the primary one to place his hand up. In Check matches, you want guys who stabilise the innings like what Virat (Kohli) did, he performed beautifully. You want the combination of every part. Now we have depth, now we have obtained selection. We’re in the correct place,” Rohit stated.
“I at all times consider in getting higher as a crew. I stated after the World Check Championship closing as nicely. We’ve performed constant cricket. That’s what we’re taking a look at. We need to deal with all three points of the sport. We have to be a great fielding unit,” he added.
Whereas rain appeared to have denied India, Rohit stated his crew remained optimistic because the hosts had been required to bat final on a pitch which although hardly had any demons.
“Each win is totally different. Taking part in in West Indies has its personal problem. Proud of the best way issues went. We gave it a great shot, sadly we couldn’t get any play right now. We truly went out with a optimistic intent yesterday.”
“Rain had its closing say. We had been fairly assured. You know the way troublesome it’s batting final. We at all times needed that sort of rating the place we needed the opposition to go for it. There wasn’t a lot on the floor. No play right now, unlucky for us,” Rohit stated.
In the meantime Siraj stated that regardless of the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami not round, stated he was by no means beneath any type of stress.
“That is my first participant of the match award in Checks, very happy. There wasn’t a lot assist for the pacers. I saved my plans easy and executed.
“If you choose wickets in situations like this, you get a great deal of confidence. Rohit bhai requested me to consider in myself, not take any stress and revel in,” the pacer stated.