Ravi Shastri was remembered as soon as Chennai won the Test, captain Rohit Sharma said this

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|22-09-2024

The Chennai Test also concluded in just 4 days. The result was the same as that of almost every Test played on Indian soil in the last decade. Another easy win for Team India. The Bangladeshi team certainly troubled India in the beginning but Captain Rohit Sharma's team achieved success very cleanly. After this victory, the captain also told the mantra of Team India's success and this is the same mantra that was adopted in the era of Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri before him. Rohit, speaking in the language of former coach Shastri, said that the method of this team is to keep the bowling strong, so that there is no need to depend on the circumstances.

On Sunday, 22 September, in the first session of the fourth day of the match in Chennai, Team India bowled out Bangladesh for just 234 runs in the second innings and won the match by a huge margin of 280 runs. Obviously, good batting and bowling contribute equally to such a big victory, but in Test cricket, victory is achieved on most occasions only when a team takes all 20 wickets of its opponent and for this, good bowling is required. This has been the biggest reason for the dominance of the Indian team in Test cricket in the last decade.

Rohit reminded me of Ravi Shastri

Virat Kohli had adopted this formula in his captaincy along with Ravi Shastri and now Rohit Sharma is also taking the team forward on the basis of this basic mantra in his captaincy. After the victory in Chennai, Rohit reiterated it and said something which reminded me of Ravi Shastri. A few years ago, Shastri had said after Team India's victory in a match - 'The pitch can go to hell... I just believe that there should be bowlers in the team who take all 20 wickets'. After the victory in Chennai on Sunday, Rohit also said that the mantra of the team's success is that the team should be based around strong bowling so that all 20 wickets can be taken and the team does not depend on the circumstances.

Good use of every type of bowling

Team India is going to Australia later this year, where it has won historic series on the last two consecutive tours. The main reason for this was the strong bowling of the team. Rohit pointed towards this and said that whether his team plays in India or outside, the conditions should not matter, so he wants to prepare a similar team. Referring to the success of recent years, he said that Team India used all its options from spin to fast bowling well and got results.

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