Indian captain Rohit Sharma expressed concern over the performance of his batsmen after losing the Pune Test against New Zealand. New Zealand won the second Test of the three-match series between India and New Zealand by 113 runs. With this, the Kiwi team took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Rohit said in the press conference, ‘We did not score many runs in the first innings, due to which we fell behind in the game. New Zealand scored 259 runs and we were all out for just 156 runs. This highlights the shortcomings in our batting.’ New Zealand won the first match by 113 runs
New Zealand won the toss and batted first and scored 259 runs in the first innings. At the same time, India was all out for 156 runs. After this, the Kiwi team was all out for 255 runs in the second innings and gave India a target of 359 runs. The Indian team could only score 245 runs in the second innings and lost the match by 113 runs. Mitchell Santner took 7 wickets in the first innings and 6 wickets in the second innings. India has lost a Test series on home grounds after 18 series. We have to work together
He further said, ‘We failed as a team. I don’t want to blame only the batsmen or the bowlers. This is the failure of the whole team. We have to accept the challenge that was given to us. There is something to learn from every defeat. We have to improve our game and work together to get out of this situation.’ It was not as we thought
Rohit Sharma said, ‘It is disappointing. It was not as we thought. Credit has to be given to New Zealand. They played better than us. We could not take advantage of some special opportunities.’ We will go with a better plan in Wankhede
Rohit further said, we want to perform well in Wankhede and try to win that match. We will go with better intentions, better plans and better methods in Wankhede.
