Rohit Concedes Bangladesh Played Better
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But the role India. be there till the end, regard Long before Rohit Sharma he played in taking his team “It is a great moment in less of whether you are bat signed off the postmatch to a historic first victory over Bangladesh cricket. We have ting first or second. It was press conference with this India in a T20 match is going beaten them for the first our plan. It is important that candid admission following to be one of the recall points time in T20Is. We had two of whoever shows good form, India’s ninewicket drubbing once this wicketkeeperbat our key players missing in must carry it over to the next at the hands of Bangladesh sman is done with the game. our lineup but it was out couple of games.” on Sunday, the standin skip With an international ca standing the way the young Adjudged manofthe per sounded confused when reer spanning over 14 years, players stuck together and match for his unbeaten 60, it came to describing the tar the 32yearold former cap bowled on this track. It set Mushfiqur said, “the last two get of 149. tain is the highest rungetter up the game. or three weeks have been in Tests for his country. “It wasn’t an easy wicket the toughest situation that I ‘Winning score’ Though his T20 trackre to bat against couple of qual have faced in my 15year He started by looking at it as cord could look a lot better, ity spinners. Our guys cricketing career. I told jour a “winning score”. Soon, he Mushfiqur is happy as long showed their character. We nalists before I left Bangla changed it to “a good, fight as he play a matchwinning had nothing to lose coming desh that we can come back ing total”. Before long, it was role, much like he did here into this game, and the on the right track with a cou “a small target”. Eventually, on Sunday. whole series. It has given us ple of wins in India. It will he called it “only 140plus”. a great cushion, and frees us bring back smiles and calm In short, the target was seen Momentous occasion up to play fearless cricket,” ness to the team, and the na differently by Rohit in res It was indeed a momentous said Mushfiqur. tion.” ponse to different questions. Consider these: “We de cided, if we bat first, we have to look to get somewhere around 140150. We had seen that before as well, when we’ve played on pitches like that, a winning score be comes somewhere around Need to strike: The Indian team, which reached Rajkot on Monday, will have to bring its ‘A’ game in the second T20I.* PTI 140150.” Minutes later, Rohit came they (Khaleel Ahmad and On the unsuccessful re nation of a ’keeper and a <> We want to win and up with this: “We didn’t get Deepak Chahar) still need to view, Rohit said, “you’ve got bowler that influence those we can do that only enough runs on the board. understand, when they are to trust your bowler or your decisions when the captain by executing our Whatever we got was a good, defending smaller targets, ’keeper — what they say. is not in the right position to skills. That’s what we fighting total, where we can they need to bowl according Based on that we always try make one.” failed to do today fight, and get the game to to the plan. They will learn and make that decision. Of wards us but when you’re from playing games like this course, Rishabh Pant is still Guarded In cricket, we all are students defending such a small tar where you’re defending only very young. He will need Finally, looking at this young of the game, and we under get, you need to keep taking 140plus.” time to understand those Bangladesh combination, stand every game is a new wickets.” To his credit, the standin kind of things. Rohit sounded guarded. game. We want to win and Further, while defending captain was forthcoming in “It’s too soon to judge “A lot of new guys are we can do that only by exe the fast bowlers’ perfor admitting, “we lacked in whether he can make those here, and there’s no way that cuting our skills. That’s what Getting it right: Mushfiqur Rahim is happy with the way the young players bowled and set up mances, Rohit said, “I feel, terms of decision making.” decisions or not. It’s a combi we can take this team lightly. we failed to do today.” Bangladesh’s victory. * SANDEEP SAXENA Indian women draw level Parshant Singh soars to a new high in pole vault NATL. JR. ATHLETICS Roy (girls under20 100m jith, Akhil Babu, T.K. Sayooj and ya Sunny, Anjali P.D. Dileesh, Press Trust of India hurdles) , Delhi’s Chanda C.R. Abdul Razak) 1:55.96, 2. Aparna Roy and Mrudula Maria NORTH SOUND Special Correspondent (girls under20 3km), Harya Maharashtra 1:56.50, 3. Tamil Babu) 47.18s (NMR, OMR 47.28, Punam Raut (77) starred Guntur na’s Anisha Dahiya (girls un Nadu 1:56.89. Kerala, Chennai, 2005), 2. Kar with the bat before the spin Haryana’s Parshant Singh der20 hammer throw), Te Under16: 100m hurdles: 1. nataka 47.72; 3. TN 48.74s. ners put up a fine perfor Kanhaiya broke a 33yearold jas Ashok Shirse and Delhi’s R.K. Viswajith (Ker) 13.67s, 2. 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