Tags: India tour of South Africa 2023-24,
India,
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Rohit Gurunath Sharma
Revealed on: Dec 26, 2023
Staff India captain Rohit Sharma has admitted that the guests are eager to create historical past within the Rainbow Nation throughout the Check collection, which begins with the Boxing Day Check at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Tuesday, December 26. Nevertheless, he refused to imagine {that a} Check collection win in South Africa can compensate for the defeat within the 2023 ODI World Cup ultimate.
India have a fairly extraordinary Check report in South Africa. Whereas they’re but to win a Check collection within the nation, they’ve competed properly throughout their latest visits to the Proteas nation. Actually, throughout their earlier tour in 2021-22, they gained the opening Check in Centurion, solely to go down within the subsequent two matches and lose the collection.
Talking on the eve of the opening Check in Centurion on Monday, Rohit shared his ideas on the South African problem and commented, “These are crucial matches by way of the place we stand as a group. Additionally to look again that we’ve by no means gained a collection right here as properly, it is a huge alternative for us to do properly right here. We got here fairly shut the final two instances once we toured right here however once more we’ve come to this place with lot of confidence to attempt to obtain what no person (Indian) group has ever achieved on this a part of the world.”
Requested if a Check collection win in South Africa will ease the ache of the World Cup ultimate defeat, the Indian skipper candidly admitted, “I do not know whether or not a Check collection win in South Africa could be a balm for a World Cup ultimate defeat. I imply World Cup is World Cup. Itni mehnaat ki haai, kuch toh end result milein. (We have now been working so onerous, it is time we get some huge end result). All of us need that.”
India will likely be with out the providers of World Cup hero Mohammed Shami, who was one of many huge heroes of the 2021 Centurion win. The pacer is out of motion on account of a heel harm. Rohit admitted that Shami’s presence will likely be missed, however backed Prasidh Krishna and Mukesh Kumar to make up for his absence.
“What he has executed for our group through the years, clearly it is a huge miss however somebody will come rather than him, attempt to fill in that function and it’ll not be simple however we’ve confidence,” the 36-year-old stated.
“Prasidh extracts numerous bounce on account of his top and Mukesh can swing the ball. We have been suppose to take a look at pitch at present and determine whether or not we wish somebody to bowl up or again. We have now 75 % determined and relaxation 25 % we’d tomorrow,” he added.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
