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Indian captain Rohit Sharma has blamed both bowlers and batsmen for the crushing defeat in Centurion. The hitman said after the match that after KL Rahul’s brilliant century, we did not take advantage of the situation with the ball and did not perform well with the bat today (Day 3). Let us tell you that India had to face defeat in the first test by one innings and 32 runs. This is India’s biggest defeat on South African soil. Earlier in 2010, the team had to face defeat by one innings and 25 runs.
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Rohit Sharma said after the match, ‘We didn’t play well enough to win. After being invited to bat, KL Rahul batted well and took us to a good score, but the bowlers could not take advantage of the situation, while the batsmen also did not perform well today. If we want to win Test matches we have to put together a good performance, which we haven’t done.
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He continued, ‘Many players have been here before, we know what to expect and everyone has their own plans. Our batsmen were challenged and we did not adapt well. This is a boundary scoring ground, we have seen them do this many times but we need to understand the opposition team and what their strengths are.
The captain finally said that he did not want to criticize too much. He also asked the team to regroup and make a strong comeback in the next match.
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Rohit continued, ‘We did not bat well in both the innings and that is why we are standing here. There aren’t too many positives to take from the match over three days, but KL showed what we need to do on a pitch like this. Our bowlers, many of them have not been here before so I don’t want to criticize too much. It is important for us to regroup, we go through times like players and now we need to be ready for the next test.