Indian captain Rohit Sharma accepted his mistakes as the team lost to New Zealand in home for the first time in 36 years. After the 8-wicket defeat in series opener, Rohit praised Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan for their effort to take India avoid an innings defeat.
As Sarfaraz and Rishabh were playing aggressive cricket and find new ways of scoring runs, Rohit stated that it kept the players within the dressing room a bit nervous.
“It was a good effort with the bat in the second innings. We didn’t bat well in the first innings. So knew what was ahead and couple of guys stood out. When you are 350 behind you can’t think too much about it, just got to see the ball and bat..”
“Couple of partnerships were really exciting to watch. We could have easily been bowled out cheaply but proud of the effort. Everyone is on the edge of the seat when those two bat. Rishabh left a few balls and then played shots. Sarfaraz showed great maturity as well,” Rohit said in the post-match press conference.
Sarfaraz scored his maiden Test century and then further went on to score 150 as well, whereas Pant missed out on his century by just one run. Both of them shared a partnership of 177 runs for the fourth wicket as India’s second innings went over 400.
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