Rohit Sharma Press Conference IND vs SA Test Series
Rohit Sharma Press Conference: Ahead of India’s first Test against South Africa at Centurion, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that the team will miss veteran fast bowler Mohammed Shami in the series and pointed out that every bowler, including the spinners, is important. Role on South African surfaces, which is on the bounce and helps the seamers. India will begin their red ball tour of South Africa with the first Test (IND vs SA 1st Test) at Centurion on Tuesday. After drawing the T20I series 1-1 and winning the ODI series 2-1, the Men in Blue will aim to win their first Test series in South Africa.
This will be the first international assignment for senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah after losing to Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup final. In the pre-match press conference, Rohit (Rohit Sharma on IND vs SA) said that Indian fast bowlers have earned a lot of respect for their performances overseas in the last five-seven years and said that Shami will be a big miss though. Injury will miss out, but the team is confident.
“Our fast bowlers have earned this respect because of how they perform in overseas conditions. In the last five-seven years, they have done well in Australia, England and South Africa. In South Africa too, we won the first Test last year but Came close in the next two matches. He pulled his weight and gave us what we expected from him. Shami will be greatly missed, his experience and what he has done for our team over the years. It is not easy, but whatever his will take over, we have a lot of faith in him,” said Rohit.
Talking about the conditions, the captain said that the bounce and lateral movement given to the fast bowlers helps the bowlers a lot and not a day goes by without facing challenges in South Africa. “The bowlers are very dominant here because of the quick pace and lateral movement given to the seamers. As the game progresses, cracks open up in the surface and it gives constant bounce.
Every day has its own challenges. As the game progresses, it gets tougher but these are the things you want to do in your career, play against top teams in tough conditions. “We have spent a good amount of time preparing for the series,” said Rohit. “Every bowler will have a big role, even the spinners. Even when there is not much help for them, they have to work to stop the run flow.
Seemers have worked for us here. They play the role of number two.” Because spinners control the runs and put pressure on the batsmen. We have two experienced spinners who know what is required. We don’t need to talk much in terms of strategy. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin But attacking with the ball.” ,
India squad for Test: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Md. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), the famous Krishna.