Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Sunday admitted that his aspect was not ok, particularly as a batting unit, within the World Cup ultimate towards Australia in Ahmedabad.
The Aussies bowled out India for a below-par 240 on a difficult pitch after which chased it down in 43 overs for a six-wicket win to bag a document sixth 50-over world title.
“The result hasn’t gone our way and we know that we were not good enough on the day. But I am proud of the team. Honestly, 20-30 runs (more) would’ve been good. We didn’t bat well enough,” mentioned Rohit within the post-match presentation.
Rohit mentioned the crew was trying to rating round 280 when Virat Kohli and KL Rahul had been batting. Kohli and Rahul stitched collectively a rearguard stand for the fourth wicket to regular India after early blows.
“I thought when KL and Virat were batting, we were looking at 270-280 at that point but we kept losing wickets,” mentioned Rohit.
The 36-year-old credited the way in which centurion Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne batted and put up an enormous 192 runs for the match-winning fourth-wicket stand for the Aussies.
“Australia stitched a big partnership after losing three wickets. With 240 on the board, we wanted early wickets but credit to Travis Head and Marnus. They put us completely out of the game.” Rohit mentioned the floor bought higher to bat underneath lights with out utilizing it as an excuse for his or her poor present.
“I thought the wicket got better to bat under lights. I mean we knew it would be under lights, but I don’t want to give that as an excuse.
“But credit to those two guys (Head and Labuschagne) in the middle for stitching that big partnership for the Aussies,” Rohit famous.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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