India skipper Rohit Sharma on Friday (March 3) mentioned his staff was not courageous and lacked utility within the third Test towards Australia right here however described the nine-wicket hammering as ‘one odd game’. Trailing 0-2 within the collection and having conceded the Border-Gavaskar trophy, Australia fought again strongly to document a memorable win and safe their place within the World Test Championship (WTC) closing on a rank turner on the Holkar Stadium.
“When you are playing on challenging pitches you have to bowl. We allowed their bowlers to bowl in one spot. Not to take any credit away from their bowlers, Nathan Lyon especially. We had to try and be brave, which I think we were not,” Rohit mentioned on the presentation ceremony.
Lyon returned glorious figures of 8/64 in India’s second innings to pave the best way for Australia’s victory. “One odd game can happen like that where things don’t come together, but even then you need players to come together and chip in. We wanted a few guys to stand up but it didn’t happen. We were slightly behind and we did not apply ourselves the way we would have liked to,” he added.
Rohit and Co. haven’t began fascinated by the fourth Test in Ahmedabad however he mentioned the staff might want to rapidly regroup after the heavy defeat. “When you lose a Test match, there’s loads of issues that did not go our method. To begin with, we did not bat properly within the first innings. We perceive how essential it’s to place runs on the board within the first innings. And clearly once they bought a 80-90 run lead, we would have liked to place in a giant efficiency with the bat however we couldn’t do this.
“Honestly, we haven’t thought about it (Ahmedabad Test) yet. We just finished this Test now so we need to regroup and try. We need to understand that we need to improve as a team,” Rohit added.
The hosts had been bowled out for 163 of their second innings, leaving Australia with a goal of simply 76 runs. One of the most important architects of the Australian win is seasoned off-spinner Nathan Lyon, who grabbed eight wickets within the Indian second innings on day two of the match.
“Our bowlers did really well, especially (Matthew) Kuhnemann. All our bowlers contributed. With the bat, Usman (Khwaja) was really good in the first innings. We had some good partnerships,” Australia’s stand-in skipper Steve Smith mentioned.
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“India bowled really well in the back end, we had a bit of a collapse. We had to toil hard yesterday, Pujji (Pujara) played a good knock, but all our bowlers did really well. It was a complete performance in the end.”
Smith is standing in for normal captain Pat Cummins, who needed to fly again house after the second Test to be along with his ailing mom. “We are thinking of Patty back home, our thoughts are with him. But I really enjoyed this week. I like captaining in this part of the world. I think I understand a lot of the intricacies. It’s a place where I really enjoy and I think I did a reasonable job this week. The approach will be much the same. We have to see how the conditions are like. It’s good to be in the WTC final but it’s just about playing good cricket.”
