Sarcastic Rohit Sharma Takes On Cynics Regarding India’s Home Test Record. Says This | Cricket News

India captain Rohit Sharma Monday rued the shortage of satisfactory recognition for a Test collection win at residence and the critics’ tendency to go after the group with all their would possibly within the occasion of a defeat. Rohit emphasised the significance of a Test collection win whatever the venue, opposition or situations, his statement coming after the hosts flattened a trend-setting England group for a seventeenth consecutive collection win at residence.

“Home and away, you can differentiate between the two but if you win at home, not a lot is spoken about, it’s like ‘oh no India are supposed to win at home’,” Rohit stated on the post-match press convention.

“If you don’t then I know what happens as well, but yeah, like you said clearly every series win, whichever team you play against, whenever you play, Test series win is a Test series, no matter the conditions or the country you play in,” he added.

India beat England by 5 wickets on the fourth day of the fourth Test right here to assert an unassailable 3-1 lead within the five-match rubber.

Basking within the glory of yet one more collection win at residence, Rohit although was undecided if this is able to make up for the heartbreaking defeat within the ODI World Cup closing to Australia after a wonderful run.

“It’s gruelling. Playing a five-match series is not easy. That’s what Test cricket is all about.

“You discover your method, hold combating, no matter contest you’re in, with the bat or the ball, it’s important to try this constantly over a interval of could also be 5 to seven weeks.

“So it’s quite pleasing. But again, I don’t want to compare the World Cup and this series win because both are different formats. But I am quite pleased with this result,” he stated.

‘No concept about Bumrah for fifth Test’ 

With the collection in pocket, India might lengthen tempo ace Jasprit Bumrah’s break.

“I have no idea. We have not sat down and discussed,” the India skipper stated of his lead pacer who was rested for the fourth Test in step with the group’s workload administration.