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World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma’s Message “No One Should Have Personal Preferences” for Players Ahead of World Cup 2023

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Rohit Sharma’s Message “No One Should Have Personal Preferences” for Players Ahead of World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma, India’s captain, said that having a true fast bowler like Hardik Pandya will allow India to consider fielding three specialized spinners during the World Cup.

The first match is against Australia on Sunday. Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, and slow left-arm orthodox Ravindra Jadeja are all left-arm wrist spinners for India, and Rohit hinted that all three may be included in the starting XI in Chepauk, which occasionally has a sticky surface.

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Asked if he is going on playing the troika of slow operators, Rohit replied: “Yeah, I mean that’s the luxury we have where we can afford to play three spinners because I don’t really consider Hardik Pandya as just a seamer,” said Rohit in his pre-match press meet.

“He (Hardik) is a proper fast bowler, who can crank up good speed. So, that gives us an advantage. That gives us that luxury of playing three spinners and three seamers as well. So, there’s a possibility of that,” he added.

“It gives us that balance; gives us that number eight batting option as well. We have to come here again tomorrow afternoon and see what the pitch looks like but yeah, three spinners is definitely an option,” said Rohit.

Rohit said nine or ten players, according to fitness, will play in every game, with the best playing eleven depending on the conditions of the match since he believes in consistency in playing eleven.

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“We definitely want to be a team where we want to play the best 11, but you can pick your best 11 based on the conditions that you have in front of you. Where there is a bit of assistance to the slower bowlers, you need to bring in those slower bowlers.

“So, your core of the team will remain the same. Your 8, 9, 10 players will remain the same. There will be one or two changes here and there, which you’ve got to be ready to accept and take it into your stride and move forward.” Rohit was categorical in his feeling that the World Cup is not a place for personal preferences.

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“No one should have personal preferences. It’s the team that matters and the team’s goal that matters.”

India still have some middle-order puzzle as to when they can unleash a gun player like Suryakumar Yadav.

How does the team assess which conditions to use Shreyas Iyer or SKY? “Look, in terms of playing in these conditions, there’s a huge amount of experience. They’ve played so much cricket, they know how to play. It is not for me to assess that.

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“It is for them to assess that in the middle and then you give them that freedom and clarity that this is what we want from you. Now how you do it, it is completely up to you.”

While Rohit officially maintained that Shubman Gill, who is down with dengue, is still not ruled out, he gave enough indications that the young opener is unlikely to get fit for Sunday’s game.

“No, it doesn’t worry. I mean obviously he is sick. I feel for him. But in terms of, you know, me being the human being first, I want him to get well, not the captain thinking, oh, I want Gill to play tomorrow. No, I want him to get well,” Rohit answered to a query about how worried he is about his opening partner.

(With Input from NDTV)

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Rohit Sharma Angry on Harshit Rana “Dimagh Kidhar hai Tera”: Watch Video

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Rohit Sharma Angry on Harshit Rana “Dimagh Kidhar hai Tera”: Young bowler Harshit Rana was reprimanded by India captain Rohit Sharma for his needles behavior during the current second ODI match against England in Cuttack.

The incident occurred after Harshit’s errant throw lost the team four more runs on the last delivery of the 32-over.

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Jos Buttler, the captain of England, was far inside Harshit’s crease, so it was a difficult throw.

Harshit’s throw ultimately struck the boundary rope in addition to missing the stumps and wicketkeeper KL Rahul.

Rohit became enraged with the child as a consequence, and the Indian skipper was observed gesturing enthusiastically.

“Dimaag kidhar hai tera? (Where is your brain?)” Rohit slammed at Harshit. On social media, a video of the identical occurrence has gone viral.

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Former England spinner Graeme Swann, who was on commentary, shared his views on the incident, saying that the aggression got the better of Rana.

“If there is one way to upset your captain? This is it. Just stay calm. I told you earlier about the bit of aggression about him. He is good old-fashioned fast bowler, unfortunately, the aggression got the better of him, four overthrows of his own bowling,” Swann was heard as saying on-air.

Meanwhile, former India head coach Ravi Shastri suggested: “I could see the captain livid. It’s little things like this which releases the pressure.”

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In the meanwhile, England chose to bat in the second ODI at Cuttack and scored 304. England reached the 300-run milestone thanks to a late drive from Liam Livingstone and half-centuries from Ben Duckett and Joe Root.

Root (69, 72b, 6×4) top-scored for the visitors, but got great support from Duckett (65, 56b, 10×4) and skipper Jos Buttler (34, 35b, 2×4), with whom he had a 51-run stand for the fourth wicket. In the latter part of England’s innings, Livingstone made a 32-ball 41 to give give them some late impetus.

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Rohit Sharma Should Retire : Rohit Sharma facing lots of criticism after 2-runs against England. Ahead of Champions Trophy, The three One-Day internationals between England and India are being viewed as a practice run for the main event.

But in Thursday’s first ODI in Nagpur, Rohit Sharma was unable to make an impression. Only two runs were taken from seven balls by the skipper of India. The internet was harsh after Rohit’s most recent setback (he has been struggling with bad form for a while). Rohit should resign, according to some social media users.

Rohit Sharma is not Effective in powerplays, outside powerplays, in Tests, in ODIs, in India, Outside India pic.twitter.com/hPwrs1HsHs

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Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer’s mouthwatering fifties helped India to clinch a four-wicket triumph over England in the first ODI match of the series at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday. With the magnificent win in Nagpur, the Men in Blue took a 1-0 lead over the Three Lions in the ODI series.

India needed to chase the 249-run target in the second inning. Yashasvi Jaiswal (15 runs from 22 balls, 3 fours) and captain Rohit Sharma (2 runs from 7 balls) opened for the Men in Blue but failed to make a mark as they could only cement a partnership of 19 runs.

Jofra Archer drew the first blood in the second inning as he removed Jaiswal in the 4.3 overs.

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Shubman Gill replaced Jaiswal on the crease and aimed to make a partnership with Rohit. However, the skipper failed to shine on the crease with the bat, he was dismissed in 5.2 overs by Saqib Mahmood.

Shreyas Iyer (59 runs from 36 balls, 9 fours and 2 sixes) came on the crease in place of Rohit Sharma and solidified a stupendous 94-run partnership with Gill, giving the Men in Blue a kickstart in the game.

Iyer played an attacking game on Thursday at a strike rate of 163.89. He completed his half-century in the 14th over in style by hitting a four.

However, Jacob Bethell removed the right-handed batsman in the 15.6 over, ending his knock.

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The hosts were unaffected by Iyer’s removal since Axar Patel (52 runs from 47 balls, 6 fours, and 1 six) solidified his 108-run partnership with Gill, the vice-captain.

In Nagpur, Gill played a magnificent knock, reaching his half-century in the 25th over.

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