Indian National Cricket Team captain Rohit Sharma made shocking statements after his team faced off. series Defeat at home after 12 years. He said they were allowed one bad streak with the type of cricket they play at home.
Indian National Cricket Team He performed poorly in the first two Tests against the New Zealand National Cricket Team and saw them lose the series with one match to go. This saw the team face a lot of criticism, especially with the final test series loss at home against England in 2012.
Indian National Cricket Team did everything for 156 runs in the first innings
After suffering a disappointing defeat in the Bengaluru Test, India suffered another crushing defeat in the next game. They lost the game by 113 runs at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, which saw them lose a crucial point in the World Test Championship.
Rohit Sharma and his men put up a terrible batting performance and that was the main reason why they suffered a poor loss in the second Test. After New Zealand posted a total of 259 runs, they failed to cross their mark.
The Indian National Cricket Team was all out for 156 runs, conceding a lead of over 100 runs. After that, the visitors failed to take early wickets as they made a huge lead of over 350 runs. They were then expected to perform better with the bat in the second innings.
Rohit Sharma and his team are unable to chase down the target
But it was not to be as Rohit Sharma and his team came up with yet another poor effort. The captain was out for 8 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill (23) then added 62 runs for the second wicket.
After that, Mitchell Santneragain, it was all batters, choosing another fifer in the game. Ravichandran Ashwin (18) and Ravindra Jadeja (42) came with a necessary 39-run partnership. But India failed to clear the total.
Rohit Sharma came up with a strange statement after the loss, saying that he was allowed to fall. He said the house wouldn’t have had a 12-year streak if they had had regular crashes. He said that in India they are expected to win every game.
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“You are allowed to play once in 12 years, my friend. If this slump continues for 12 years, then maybe we won’t win. Our expectations are very high in India, whatever match we play, we will play. It’s a tradition, not your fault, Team India he played such good cricket that the expectations were raised to a level,” said Rohit Sharma.
(We are allowed such a performance after 12 years. If we were to fall like this regularly, then we would not win at home. We have high expectations. We are expected to win every game at home and it is because of our performances).
“It’s only allowed once every 12 years, my friend” 😭
“We have formed this habit in the last 12 years.”
You have lost 4 tests in your last 11 home Test matches 😭😭 @ImRhe45 to be a little embarrassed pic.twitter.chem/ym3RWn5mwW
— Gaurav (@Melbourne__82) Hectheber 26, 2024
The final Test of the series will be played from November 1 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
