We need to create our bench power: Rohit Sharma

With cricket being performed around the yr, India captain Rohit Sharma feels having a strong bench power is paramount, and the crew is striving to construct one with a watch on the longer term.

Since their shock group-stage elimination within the final T20 World Cup, India have been experimenting with their squads, with harm and workload administration additionally enjoying an element in it.

“We play lot of cricket, so there will be injuries and workload management, so we have to rotate players,” Rohit mentioned on Star Sports present ‘Follow the Blues’.

“But it gives our bench strength to go and play the game, which is why we could try so many other guys who are ready to take that international stage and perform,” he added.

“We want to create our bench strength, we want to make sure that India’s future is in safe hands. That’s the planning that we are trying to have.” Rohit is now gearing as much as lead India within the upcoming version of the T20 showpiece in Australia, however earlier than that, they’ve the Asia Cup to take care of.

He mentioned the target needs to be to get higher as a crew on a regular basis.

“I don’t know what next to expect but for me particularly, it’s just about getting better every day as a team,” mentioned Rohit.

“No matter should you win or lose the collection, that can’t take precedence. What ought to take precedence is that if we’re getting higher as a crew.

“The team’s goal is important and then obviously parts in it where the individuals come into play and play the role in the team’s success. But whatever the team is trying to do, the individuals need to buy into that thought process and work towards that direction.” While Rohit succeeded Virat Kohli as India’s all-format captain, India additionally had a brand new coach on the finish of final yr’s T20 World Cup, with Ravi Shastri making manner for Rahul Dravid, who was the captain when Rohit made his ODI debut.

Rohit spoke in regards to the conversations they’ve had since taking on the reins of the Indian cricket crew.

“When he became the coach here, we met and sat together in a room for a while and decided how we want to take this team forward,” Rohit mentioned.

“He was just about on the identical thought course of as me. That made it simpler for me to present out a transparent message to the boys as a result of the coach and captain all the time must be on the identical web page for the crew to maneuver in the identical path.

“One factor we’ve got determined and have in widespread is we need to ship the proper messages and we don’t need to create any confusion within the group.

“That’s something we spoke about and of course, we wanted to change the style of cricket as well. We wanted to play in a certain way in all three formats and he was ready to accept all of that,” Rohit mentioned.