“Teammates Call Him Magician…”: Rohit Sharma Praises India Star After Series Sweep Against New Zealand Cricket News

Captaincy of Team India after defeating New Zealand 3-0 in ODI series Rohit Sharma is appreciated Shardul Thakur, who took important wickets of the visitors to relieve some of the team’s pressure, and said that teammates call him the ‘magician’ in the team because he contributes with ball and bat every time he is called upon to do so. Opener Rohit Sharma’s century and Shubman GillAfter this Shardul Thakur took three more wickets. Kuldeep YadavIndia defeated New Zealand by 90 runs in the third and last ODI of the series played at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on Tuesday.

shardul took wickets daryl mitchellcaptain of new zealand Tom Latham And Glen Phillips While gave 45 runs in 6 overs.

“We bowled very well, stuck to our plans and kept our spirits up. Shardul has been doing this for a while now. Teammates call him a magician and he has come through again. He’s got more games under his belt.” Need to be brought,” said Rohit. said in the post-match presentation.

India won the first ODI in Hyderabad by 12 runs in what was a high-scoring thriller, while their fast bowlers helped them to an eight-wicket victory in the second game in Raipur.

“I thought in the last six games we played, we did most of the parts right and that’s the key in a 50-over game. We were consistent as well. Without Siraj and Shami, I knew we wanted to give chances to guys on the bench. . We wanted to get Chahal and Umran into the mix. We wanted to see how they react under pressure. I know we had runs on the board, but I don’t think any score is safe here,” India said the captain.

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Praising Kuldeep Yadav, Rohit said, “Whenever I have given the ball to Kuldeep, he has given us important breakthroughs. Wrist spinners get better with playing time.”

Shubman continued his purple patch as he notched up his second career hundred and second of the series at the top of the innings. He played an inning of 112 runs in just 78 balls. His innings had 13 fours and five sixes. He scored at a strike rate of 143.58 and Tuesday’s innings took his total for the series to 360 runs.

He was named ‘Player of the Series’ for his sensational exploits with the willow, which included a maiden double century in the first match.

“Gill’s approach is pretty much the same in every game. He doesn’t carry any emotional burden from his previous innings and wants to start every game fresh. For a youngster still finding his footing in international cricket, It’s a great attitude. He could have taken things lightly but he has been cut differently.”

The Indian skipper, too, hit his first ODI century since January 2020, in the process becoming the third-highest six-hitter in the history of ODI cricket. Rohit said that while the century meant a lot to him, he knew he was batting well and it was only about “going that extra mile”.

“Today’s century meant a lot to me. I have been batting well, so it was about going the extra mile. The pitch was good today. To be honest, we don’t talk much about rankings. Our dressing The discussion of the room is mainly.” About doing the right things on the field. Australia is a quality team and things will not be easy for us but I am pretty sure we will be up for it (Border-Gavaskar Trophy),” the India captain said.

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