New Delhi. Rohit Sharma is very sad after losing the home Test series against New Zealand. This happened for the first time in Indian Test history when the New Zealand team came here and managed to win the Test series. After almost 70 years, the New Zealand team won the Test series in India for the first time. This also ended Team India’s streak of winning 18 consecutive Test series at home. New Zealand are up 2-0 in the 3-game series. After the lost series, the Indian team’s journey to reach the final of the World Test Championship has also become a bit difficult. When Rohit Sharma was asked, he said that he is not yet eyeing the WTC final.
After losing the second Test match against New Zealand, India’s chances of reaching the final of the World Test Championship have also suffered a setback. And Rohit is well aware of this. Rohit Sharma: “I’m hurt because we suffered a defeat.” I can’t think about what will happen next at the moment and whether it might affect our chances (of reaching the World Test Championship final). We didn’t perform well and lost the series, which hurts. There are some things we need to work on as a unit.
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India vs New Zealand 3rd Test from November 1st
The third and final Test match between India and New Zealand will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from November 1. Rohit expressed hope of a good performance in the third Test match. According to Rohit, “We have to perform well in Wankhede.” And we have to try to win this Test match. This is a collective failure. I am not one of those people who blames the batsmen or the bowlers. We must enter Wankhede with better intentions and a better strategy.
“We didn’t expect that”
Rohit Sharma said it was disappointing. And we didn’t expect that. We have to give New Zealand credit because they did better than us. We did not respond to his challenge. In the first two Test matches of the current series, the Indians’ batting was a flop. Apart from the sporadic performance of one or two players, the rest was disappointing.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: October 26, 2024, 7:19 PM IST