India’s captain Rohit Sharma throws the ball during the day one of the second cricket test match between India and New Zealand at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium , in Pune, India, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said that there was no cause to overreact after the series loss to new Zealand in Pune but added that it was necessary to have a “quiet chat with certain individuals” to figure out a way forward.
“You don’t need to overreact. But you need to have a quiet chat with certain individuals and let them know where they are at and what, as a team, we require from them,” Rohit said in the post-match press conference.
“I don’t think you need to make them sit in a team room on a one-on-one basis and go through their innings and tell them this is what you should be doing. I don’t think this is the right forum to do that. Just because we have lost a series, I don’t think there is anything that we need to talk differently or do differently. But yeah, we need to find ways to come out of those situations,” he added.
India lost the second Test by 113 runs after failing in pursuit of a stiff 359-run target. This was India’s first home series defeat in 12 years after conceding a four-match rubber against England 1-2 in 2012-13. In the interim, India won 18 series at home on the trot.
The Indian skipper also came to the support of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja who couldn’t have much impact in the match unlike New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner.
“They are expected to run through teams and win matches for us. I don’t think it is fair, it is our collective responsibility to win. Both of them have played so much and such huge contributions in 18 series, these two have played a huge role in that. We are talking about someone with 500 and 300 wickets and they have won Tests for us. It is very hard to have expectations on them. It can happen and thats the time others need to step up,” he said.
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