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Rohit Sharma: Not worried about ‘cold’ India Asia Cup loss: Rohit Sharma | Cricket News – Times of India

September 7, 2022
Bharat Times

Dubai: Rohit Sharma Continuing to ease concerns about India’s form ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup Asia Cup Necklace, the dressing room’s atmosphere insisted on staying “comfortable and cool”.
India lost its second Asia Cup Super Four match Sri Lanka There is one ball left in Dubai on Tuesday to leave their dwindling final hopes at the mercy of other results.
“If you lose two matches, don’t worry,” Rohit, who played a 41-ball 72 in India’s 173-8, told reporters.

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“We don’t talk like this in the dressing room because we’ve played and won so many matches after the (last) World Cup. I don’t think it’s a cause for concern.”

if fierce rivals Pakistan – who similarly overhauled India on Sunday with a ball remaining – beat Afghanistan on Wednesday, will knock India out and face Sri Lanka in the final on Sunday.
“There is no gaadbad (for Hindi disorder),” Rohit said. He said, “From outside it looks ugly but we have no such feeling. I know how the media react when you lose a match and questions are raised, it is normal. You can see inside the dressing room. are that the boys are relaxed and calm.” ,
Sri Lanka chased down their target of 174 after experienced seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 14 runs in the 19th over, requiring seven runs from the last six balls.
Kumar had given 19 runs in the 19th over in India’s defeat to Pakistan, who needed 26 runs in the last two overs, but Rohit defended his bowler.

Rohit said, “Experienced batsmen get out and bowlers also leak runs, these things are normal and happen.
“Bhuvi has been playing for so long, and has worked for us for so many years in the ‘death over’ and won us games. So we shouldn’t judge him for two or three games.”
Up-and-coming left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh gave the final over in both matches and, after dismissing Asif Ali for naught in the 18th over against Pakistan, used social media abuse primarily due to being from the Sikh minority. faced.
Ali played a match-winning knock of 16 off eight balls, but Rohit insisted that the 23-year-old was unaffected.
Rohit said, “To be honest, people don’t watch much on social media these days. There are a few losers, one catch is missed, we don’t see much in it.”

“Yes, he himself was disappointed because it was a catch that could have been taken but again if you see his confidence when he came and bowled the last over…he is a confident lad.”
Rohit and India, who have had a poor record in recent global tournaments, are under pressure to perform in the T20 World Cup in Australia in October and November, having won it only once in the 2007 opening ceremony.
They last won the 50-over World Cup in 2011 and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013, although they last won the Asian Cup in 2018, when it was played in the 50-over format.
India failed to make the semi-finals of last year’s T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and lost in the semi-finals of the 2019 50-over World Cup in England.

“In tournaments like World Cup, Asia Cup, the challenge here is that you face different teams with different plans,” Rohit said.
He said, ‘We have discussed this in the dressing room that we should think before the opposition and then we will get results.’
“But we shouldn’t think about it too much. Yes, there is pressure, and our job is to make the boys realize how to perform under pressure.”