India captain Rohit Sharma performed down hype round Saturday’s Asia Cup blockbuster towards Pakistan, saying their are 4 extra groups within the event and they’re utilizing the event to hunt few solutions for the house World Cup later this 12 months.
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“For us it is a big tournament ahead of the ODI WOrld Cup. Last year we also played in this tournament ahead of the T20 World Cup. It’s a good tournament where your skills, and your ability of playing under pressure… everything will be tested,” Rohit informed journalist Vimal Kumar on Khul Ke forward of the much-anticipated India-Pakistan conflict.
“I don’t see Asia Cup just as a preparation. It is a big tournament for us to find out few answers ahead of the World Cup. Our focus is to play well in the Asia Cup,” he stated.
Starting at this time, India and Pakistan can doubtlessly conflict thrice over the subsequent two weeks within the Asia Cup. Bilateral cricket has been a sufferer of strained political ties between India and Pakistan during the last decade and a half and the neighbouring nations now play one another solely in multi-team occasions at impartial venues.
Rohit Sharma additionally performed down the discuss that Asia Cup has been lowered to a India-Pakistan bilateral sequence.
“No no it’s not like that. Fans and media can say that it is kind of one-day series between India and Pakistan but we must not forget that there are other teams as well,” he stated.
“Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup last year, they played extremely well. Anyone can win Asia Cup. You can’t only afford to think that we are only playing against one team. There are four other teams, it’s just not about one opponent,” he added.
Team India captain Rohit Sharma stated that he delighted to see Jasprit Bumrah again within the motion however doesn’t need to put the bowler below any sort of pointless strain
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“It was good to see Bumrah back in action after so long. He is a very key player for us. Both Bumrah and Prasidh played two games in Ireland and they bowled well. It was a good sign for us. Both of them has worked hard in the past one and half years at the NCA,” he stated.
I’m completely happy that he’s again from the harm after so lengthy. I’m glad to see him in motion. But it will likely be very unfair for me to speak about one participant. It is a group and also you want contribution from each particular person to win a event, you might want to have peroformance from everybody.
“I don’t want to put him under any unecessary pressure with any expectations. If you are playing for India, there always be pressure and expectations, they are like brothers. It’s not going anywhere. So it is better that one should focus on the goals of the team.”