MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dhoni, Kohli share respect; T20 easier for pacers Not winning WC disappointing, but years of harmony ahead than ODIs: Ishant NEW DELHI, Apr 5: which are beyond your control. IPL is new challenge: Rohit Ravi Shastri month. There are more instances to hotel, ground to ground, nets So, one has to abide by the rules MUMBAI, Apr 5: mentally and physically for two Eden Gardens and he was gung- of finding an all-white penguin to nets is the sameness which Raring to go in the IPL, a fit- that are being implemented by Most thought India could go in Antarctica than winning visi- could engulf most but the tough- again Sunrisers Hyderabad the international body and months of IPL. ho about the chances of his team. all the way. It was a 300-plus tors in Australia. There is hardly est. One still needs to be smart pacer Ishant Sharma feels T20 is respect them. Star India batsman Rohit "I am perfectly ready. IPL "They (KKR) have got the team with the bat. Bowlers left a precedent; very few are around to fill up his free time. easier for fast bowlers than "So, it's important to rise Sharma today said while the schedule is released well in bowling line up and are defend- nothing standing on the table. to tell the tale. It's cricket's Star- I see some serious ambition ODIs with the problematic four- above the challenges and do the national cricket team members advance. So everyone knew we ing champions. We have to be at Fielders looked good enough to Trek: To go where no-one has in these young men. Money they fielder rule not being there in most within the rules. Bowl are disappointed at not being had to compete soon after our best. Obviously being the get 10 run-outs. gone before. The holy grail. have had aplenty. It's the respect cricket's shortest format. according to the field and that able to retain the World Cup, a spending four months in first game pressure will be on Let's pause. Isn't this the While you remember a Kohli which moves them. They have The lanky pacer, who missed helps the captain put forth his new challenge awaits them in Australia, so all of us are pre- both sides to perform. They play same team which had lost in for his four hundreds; Rahane areas to improve. All of us do. the World Cup in Australia due strategy." the form of the upcoming Indian pared mentally. I don't think well in Kolkata and understand Tests and tri-series? Which had for his silken touch; Vijay for his Some would've issues with off- to a knee problem, is eager to Frequent injury breakdowns Premier League. anyone is mentally tired because the conditions really well. We been on tour for almost half the patience or K. Rahul for his stump; some with playing across prove his worth in the eighth have hampered the 26-year-old's India lost to eventual cham- ultimately, as players, we want got the squad, the batting line up year. Which was without its Test steel, stats would never reflect the line; some with pull or some season of the cash-rich league career progress since his debut pions Australia by 95 runs in the to do well in every tournament to overcome that situation. captain in first and last gambit. the roots these young saplings of who plays too much in the air. and believes the shorter-format in 2007, but Ishant said even semifinals of cricket's show- we play. It is an opportunity, "We have roped in a lot of Which hardly had anyone with today have taken to become the Bowlers always want quality, will certainly help him regain though he is working hard on his piece event at Sydney and IPL another big platform for all of us young Indian talent in the play- 50 Tests. Which wasn't long in banyan trees of tomorrow. They discipline, fitness, new tricks by his match-fitness. fitness there are certain things franchise Mumbai Indians' cap- to perform," said Rohit. ers' auction. It looks a very well that are just unavoidable in a years. Which had scars of had seen seniors leave. They their side. These boys believe "I am fit and raring to go. tain Rohit said the focus was Mumbai Indians, champions balanced squad. We have had a T20 is still easy for a fast bowler sportsperson's life. NOW solely on winning the in 2013, are all set to take on the very good preparation ahead of England. Which had blank were asked to walk through the they could improve. And they "Injuries are unavoidable than ODIs. At least in T20 crick- eighth season of the cash-rich defending champions Kolkata this IPL season. We hope that all pages for history. Which...Never fire of four foreign tours in would. These are strong shoul- et, there is an extra fielder out- and out of our control. I am Twenty20 tournament. Knight Riders in the opening youngsters deliver during the mind. 2014. They are still on their feet. ders India could rely on. side the circle to give you pro- doing everything that needs to These were not two teams. They are good enough to be Further, there is clarity in tection unlike in ODI cricket be done in my capacity as a "It was disappointing not to game of the T20 tournament at the tournament," he said. (PTI) One which lost everything. around the next decade. leadership. This is vital. Kohli which has the four-fielder rule in player to maintain and improve bring the World Cup back, but From one which won every- You don't pick favourites in starts his reign in Tests. Dhoni progress. So at least in T20 on my fitness. Be it training, once we got back to India we thing. your family. Nor would I among the Fox heads the ODI pack. cricket, we can do the contain- practice, discipline in life and knew a new challenge was lying Their yardstick was differ- these fresh yet tough kids. They One is not that new. The other is ing act with the added fielder. every little thing that needs to be in front of us, which was the ent. They wanted to see the were all under a banner. So was not that old. Ideas can be "And I believe that bowlers taken care of but certain things IPL. Now we are thinking about Australians in the eye. Not for I. We wanted to turn the corner bounced around. Workload are making their presence felt in are just not in our hands. how to win the championship," once take a backward step. after England tour. We wanted shared. Checklists compared. limited-overs cricket. We saw "Obviously you feel disap- said Rohit at a media conference Improve in skills. Get better in to be sure the wheels hadn't Both share respect. None of Mitchell Starc getting the player pointed when you are unable to here today ahead of the IPL, mind. Bond stronger every next come off. To have millions root- them would look over their of the tournament award in control certain things and you starting on April 8. day. They ended up ticking all ing for you after those long shoulder. None eyes other's World Cup. So bowlers are sure- miss out on important events The Indian opener, who has these boxes. And that's why the months in Sydney was a vindi- fruits. No contrary commands. ly getting their due in limited- but that's the way it is. I just try two one-day double hundreds to team which took the field in cation. No overlapping. The top six is overs cricket," Ishant told PTI in and forget that part and move his credit, said although the Sydney had your support. You Personally, I was in the the same in both formats. This is an interview. on. By thinking about it too Indian team had stayed for much, we unnecessarily put trusted them to defend the title. dressing room after two fluidity, stability. A Swiss watch Talking about the much-crit- around four months in Australia, icised four-fielder rule in ODIs, pressure on ourselves and it They trusted themselves. In my decades. Yes the game has with hundreds of inter-connect- everyone was now prepared Jubilant archers posing for a group photograph after bril- he said, "Yes, the four-fielder only hampers our progress," liant display in National Archery Championship view, this tour to Australia was changed. But it still is a sport ed cogs and flywheels, working rule is a problem, you ask any said the Delhi-born player. an unqualified success. I'm not which men of flesh and blood to perfection. Father Time is bowler. But there certain things (PTI) Gujarat drub biased; I would've said the same play. Players still worry on their never out of step. A good few behind a microphone. show. They still get the jet lag; years of harmony ahead. Andhra by 7 wickets Archers Mukhtar, Riyaz excel If India was bad, they they still are exhausted; every- These are sensible heads. Australia blank Canada 7-0, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Archery Club got three bronze wouldn't have 400-plus in each day nets still don't look an invi- They don't grumble when BHUBANESWAR, Apr 5: medals in mix spot, overall spot JAMMU, Apr 5: Archers of and 5 spot, while as Riyaz Wani of tation to party.