India was humiliated by Australia in the second one-day international (ODI) of their ongoing series. The visitors won by 10 wickets, tying the three-match series at 1-1. India, on the other hand, struggled with both the bat and the ball.
Captain Rohit Sharma was also ineffective with the bat, with only Virat Kohli (31 runs in 35 balls) and Axar Patel (29 runs in 29 balls) looking to score big. Mitchell Starc, who took a five-wicket haul in the match, dismissed Rohit after scoring only 13 runs.
After the match, Rohit explained how he lost his wicket while trying to play aggressively and trying to put Australia under pressure. “We thought we could put pressure on Australia and while trying to play aggressively, I lost my wicket,” the Indian skipper said in the post-match presentation.
Not too much of a concern at all: Rohit Sharma on India’s batting
The 35-year-old also made no excuses for his team’s dismal batting performance against Australia on Sunday. “We didn’t bat well enough. That wasn’t a pitch where we could have gotten out for 117. We didn’t apply ourselves. Even when you lose a couple of wickets early, it is crucial to create that partnership so that you can get back into the game. Yeah, that’s about it. I don’t think we batted well enough,” he added.
Rohit summarised the game in which India suffered its worst ODI defeat, saying, “When you have only under 117 runs on the board, the (opposition) batters have nothing to lose other than to come and try and swing the bat; get off to a good start and try and put the pressure.”
Despite the fact that the top-order has struggled to get going in the first two games of this series, the captain has refused to panic. “It has just been two games. The top order was on fire for our last six ODIs. So, not too much of a concern at all,” Rohit said.
“Our guys have enough experience. All the guys who played today have played a lot of ODIs, so it is about handling the situation well, and that is something we failed today,” Rohit explained.
Here is how Twitter reacted
Band karo ye aggressive cricket khelna apna normal cricket khelo. @ImRo45
— ??????? 45 (@Romeo__0007) March 19, 2023
Missing those days when he used to take time at start and then scores big those daddy hundreds.
— Kiran (@imkiran025) March 19, 2023
Never seen India getting all out below 130 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. Such a downfall of Indian Cricket under Captain Rohit Sharma.
— Dennisbilla (@dennisbilla7) March 19, 2023
Good to see he know what he does wrong. Hope he will learn from this and play carefully in starting after that he can play agressively after making a respectable socre.
— Anonymous Indian (@AnAnonymIndian) March 19, 2023
Aise hi bhasan dete raho…. kuchh dino se tail ender ne izzat bacha rakha hai…
— GR MISHRA (@GYAN1203) March 19, 2023
Captain MS Dhoni never lost a limited over Match for India with 10 Wickets.@msdhoni ??
— Coverdrive ? (@coverdrive28) March 19, 2023
I like rohit more than anyone else in the team but hum baar baar opposition ko lightly kyu le lete h,is chkr me hum kitne hi important matches haare h,,or sbse bdi baat,team ek sath hi fail kyu hoti h,na bowler acha kr pata or naa hi batter,ek sath sab fail ho jate h?
— arnav verma (@arnavve50056781) March 19, 2023
?? ng aggressive doesn't mean to ignore the situation and understand the condition, it's not T20 to just go bang bang and not do every ODI required 300,360+ score , not just Rohit whole team should understand that
— Prasanth.K.Alex (@hty89076) March 19, 2023
India thought of and tried to play t20 style.
But Australia have actually played t20 style.That's the difference
— Jeevitham Oka varam (@non_toxic_human) March 19, 2023
