India were beaten by Australia in the second ODI encounter©AFP
Rohit Sharma, skipper of the Indian cricket team, expressed disappointment and said the wicket was not bad enough for his side to lose 10 wickets for 117 in the second ODI match against Australia in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Virat Kohli and Axar Patel were the only two Indian batters to cross the 25-run mark as Mitchell Starc rallied for Australia with a brilliant five-wicket haul. Rohit criticized the way Indian batsmen gave their wickets on a less dangerous ground and pointed out how the dismissal of Shubman Gill and himself put the hosts in a difficult position in the early overs.
“If you lose a match it’s just disappointing. We didn’t put in the bat. Didn’t put enough runs on the board. It wasn’t 117 wicket. We kept losing wickets and because of that we couldn’t get the runs we wanted Once we lost Shubman in the first over me and Virat quickly got 30-35 runs But then I lost my wicket and we lost a few wickets back to back That put us behind It’s always hard to get out to come back to that situation,” Rohit said after the meeting.
Rohit also praised Mitchell Starc and Australian duo Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh who scored fifty to lead the visitors to a comfortable 10 wicket win.
“Today was not the day for us. Starc is a quality bowler. He did it for Australia with the new ball. He kept bowling on his strength. Waved the new ball and took the odd ball away. Kept the batters in limbo. Marsh has to be one of the best players when it comes to power hitting. He supports himself to do that every once in a while. Definitely in the top 3 and 4 when it comes to power hitting,” the Indian skipper explained when asked about Australia’s performance on Sunday.
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