“We want to build bench strength in bowling”- Captain Rohit Sharma told the future plan of Team India.
Due to injury, Mohammed Shami has been away from cricket for several months. Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: When BCCI announced Team India for the three-Test series against New Zealand, four reserve players were included in the squad, which everyone was surprised to see. Three out of those four were fast bowlers. No one understood why three fast bowlers were kept in the team as reserve players. Along with Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna, Nitish Reddy has also been selected as reserve for the ongoing three-match Test series against New Zealand and they will travel with the team and will also be seen practicing with the players. Now captain Rohit Sharma has given a long term plan regarding this and said that the team has a strong group of batsmen and he wants to create a similar group in fast bowling also. Rohit Sharma gave a big statement regarding traveling reserve players Captain Rohit said in the press conference before the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru, “There are a lot of options when it comes to batting. We want to do the same in bowling also. We want to build bench strength where if anything happens to anyone tomorrow, we don’t have to worry. The captain further said, “We want to keep Mayank, Harshit and Nitish with us, because we are thinking of taking them to Australia, we want to build bench strength, especially with fast bowlers. We have 8 or 9 options, not just 3 or 4. Like batting, we want more options in bowling also.” “We don’t want to be too dependent on a few players,” he added. It is not right to do this. Looking at the future, we want to try to ensure that we get the right players.” This is why India has fast bowlers Mayank Yadav, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prasidh Krishna for the three Test matches against New Zealand. Present as a reserve player for the series. Rohit said, “Tomorrow if we feel that he is ready to play that role (in place of the injured fast bowler) then he should be ready for it. Of course he played some matches before our announcement.
‘These things build relationships’ Shahid Afridi on Rohit’s statement about starting bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan
Afridi also said that cricket can play an important role in the relations between India and Pakistan. Shahid Afridi. (Photo Source: Twitter) Recently, Indian cricket team captain and famous hitman Rohit Sharma had said in a discussion that bilateral cricket should be started between India and Pakistan. Rohit had also said that if this happens then it can play an important role in the progress of red ball. On the other hand, now a big reaction of former Pakistan cricket team all-rounder Shahid Afridi has come to light on this statement of Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Afridi says that these are some of the things that build relationships. Also, for your information, let us tell you that it has been more than 10 years since any bilateral series has been played between India and Pakistan. Cricket is being affected due to the mutual relationship between the governments of India and Pakistan. On this issue, India’s Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur had said that terrorism and cricket cannot go together. Shahid Afridi’s big reaction on bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan Let us tell you that recently while discussing the Club Prairie Fire podcast with former England captain Michael Vaughan, when Vaughan asked Rohit, don’t you think that India playing Pakistan regularly would be great for Test cricket? So while answering this question of Vaughan, Rohit had said – I completely agree that they are a good team, have a great bowling line-up, if we play abroad then there will be good competition between the two teams. . The last Test between the two countries was played in 2007–08. So now Shahid Afridi has given a big reaction to this statement of Rohit. Shahid quoted Samaa TV as saying – Absolutely, it is a very good answer. This is what should happen. Positive statement from an Indian captain. He is also the brand ambassador of India. We have always said that cricket has played an important role in the relations between India and Pakistan. These things build relationships. They are our neighbours, and neighbors have the right that the better the relationship, the better.