IND vs AUS: India captain Rohit Sharma defends Indore pitch after dropping third Take a look at in opposition to Australia

The Australia excursion of India 2023 has been stuffed with controversies, with the Aussie media and fanatics criticizing India for the untimely conclusion of Assessments because of positive sorts of pitches firstly in their discuss with. One thing equivalent came about once more at Indore’s Holkar cricket stadium on March 3 because the 3rd Take a look at of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2023 resulted in simply 3 days. However this time, it used to be additionally the Indian supporters and veteran cricketers who expressed their sadness with the pitch.

After thrashing Australia within the Nagpur and Delhi Assessments, India confronted a significant setback in Indore and tasted a nine-wicket defeat by the hands of holiday makers within the 3rd Take a look at of the BGT 2023 on Friday, March 3. Whilst many wondered and blamed the character of the pitch in Indore for India’s defeat, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma subsidized the observe and stated that he has no drawback with such pitches.

“In truth talking, those are the type of pitches we need to play on. We need to play to our power, and that power is spin bowling and that batting intensity. And everybody makes use of that benefit out of doors [India], so what’s flawed in that? We’ve were given to try this as neatly, particularly after we’re getting effects. If we weren’t getting the consequences, I might suppose differently, however I believe we’re taking part in neatly, we’re getting the consequences that we wish,” stated Rohit within the post-match presentation.

Rohit additional spoke concerning the Take a look at fits finishing in not up to 5 days and stated his center of attention stays on profitable video games as an alternative.

“We’re right here to win – whether or not it’s two days or 5 days, it doesn’t actually topic. We don’t need to get ready a pitch the place the consequences aren’t coming. We’re right here to win, and we need to play to win, each and every recreation that we play. Once I say that, I do keep in mind that it could possibly come and hang-out us as neatly, I’m very a lot conscious about that, however so be it,” added the India captain.