Asia Cup 2022: Rohit Sharma admits he wished to bowl Deepak Hooda after Super 4 defeat to Sri Lanka

India have been nearly knocked out of the Asia Cup after dropping their second consecutive Asia Cup Super 4 sport on Tuesday, 6 September. On the day, India misplaced to Sri Lanka in a nervy sport the place India leaked runs within the remaining few overs, after having made a comeback into the sport. India captain Rohit Sharma mentioned that he wished to bowl Deepak Hooda to reap the benefits of the larger boundary, however couldn’t give him an opportunity as a result of proper handers within the crease.

“With the ball, it was a good effort to take it to the last over considering the start they had. The spinners bowled aggressively and got wickets in the middle overs, but Sri Lanka held their nerve. We thought with the bigger boundary we could use the spinners well. But the plan didn’t work out. Their right-handers batted for very long. I thought of bringing in Hooda and using the longer boundaries. But I was happy with the three seamers,” Sharma mentioned.

Stating that the crew simply fell on the mistaken facet on Tuesday evening, Sharma mentioned that India have been 10-15 runs quick.

“We just ended up on the wrong side, as simple as that. We could have capitalised on the first half of our innings. We fell 10-15 runs short. The second half wasn’t good for us. The guys who were out in the middle can learn about what shots can be played. These things can happen. Losses like these will make us understand what works as a team,” the captain mentioned.

Asked concerning the Indian bowling mixture of simply three pacers, Sharma mentioned that ideally, the crew would have preferred to have Avesh Khan, however his well being didn’t enhance sufficient for him to play.

“Unfortunately Avesh hasn’t turned up well in the fitness tests. He didn’t respond well because he was quite sick. Ideally the combination we would play is four seamers, but three seamers was something we wanted to try before the World Cup. We need to find answers as a team, like where we are with five bowlers. We now know where we stand with this combination,” mentioned Rohit Sharma.

“No long term worries, we have lost only two games back to back. Since the last World Cup, we haven’t lost too many games. These games will teach us. We wanted to put ourselves under pressure in the Asia Cup,” he additional added.

India are but to play a full crew forward of the T20 World Cup and Rohit mentioned that the unit was in search of solutions. However, he mentioned that one shouldn’t be digging an excessive amount of in these outcomes as a result of India haven’t misplaced many video games after the 2021 T20 World Cup.

“We are still looking for answers. These were two back to back games of close finishes. Have to give a lot to Arshdeep for bowling at the death and for the way he bowled. Chahal and Bhuvi are the senior pros and have been doing it for a while. I need to get answers from the younger ones,” the captain concluded his submit match presentation.

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