India against. Afghanistan: Rohit Sharma was unable to access his account following an error involving Shubman Gill, which led to his outage
The captain of India, Rohit Sharma, stated on Thursday that the players will be purposefully placed in unpleasant situations by the team management prior to the T20 World Cup in June. India’s final T20 World Cup series before the United States and the West Indies host the competition in June is a three-match series against Afghanistan.
By six wickets, India won the first match. Rohit returned to the shortest format for the first time in 14 months with this game.
“As you saw today when Washi (Washington Sundar) bowled the 19th over, we want to keep trying new things and attempt to bowl our bowlers in different phases in the game. We aim to push ourselves in the places where we feel a little uneasy, and the bowlers aren’t accustomed to it.
“We would like to attempt that. We’ll attempt to do all within our power while keeping all of those considerations in mind, but not at the expense of the game. We want to make sure that we perform well in the game and win. Overall, we had a successful day today,” he remarked at the post-match press conference.
India achieved the target of 159 runs in 17.3 overs. With an unbeaten 60 off 40 balls, Shivam Dube stole the show. With his medium pace, he also claimed a wicket.
“There are numerous advantages. Shivam Dube, Jitesh batted beautifully, as did Tilak, and Rinku followed suit.”
Due to a misunderstanding with Shubman, Rohit was unable to access his account.
After a misunderstanding with Shubman Gill led to his runout, Rohit was unable to access his account. The India captain let his frustrations at the misunderstanding out in a rare display of behavior.
“These incidents occur (during the run-out). You become frustrated because you want to be out there leading the team in runs scored. Not everything will work out for you. What’s more important is that we won the game. I had hoped Gill would continue, but he was relieved after a fine short inning.” Dube, who was named man of the match, was happy with his work during his comeback.
It was really chilly. It was fun to play on this surface. There was pressure on me to perform because I was batting at number four and playing after a long break.
“I only thought that I needed to play my game. I feel some pressure for the first two to three balls, but after that, I just concentrate on the ball and don’t give anything else a second thought.
“In T20s, I know I can hit big sixes, so I can generate runs any time,” he stated.
