‘Everything started there…,’ India skipper Rohit shares turning point in Kanpur Test against Bangladesh

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khelja|05-10-2024

India skipper Rohit Sharma believes that their recent 2-0 whitewash against Bangladesh at home in two Tests was an exceptional series.
This comes on the back of India forcing a win in the second Test in Kanpur despite two and a half days of rain. After the first day saw only 35 overs being bowled, India went on to win the match by seven wickets. "It was a clear plan that we want the result, how we can get the result. Everybody started finding answers for that. I think it was an exceptional series. It may go unnoticed," Sharma said in a video shared by bcci.tv.   India's batting in the first innings in Kanpur was exceptional where they recorded fastest 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 by a team in Test before declaring with a lead of 52 runs. "For me aggression is all about your actions," he said. "It's not about my reactions: the kind of batting we do, the kind of field positioning we do, the kind of bowling we do; that to me is aggression." Rohit, however, asserted that things started with taking remaining seven wickets of opposition quickly to give the batters a chance to score at brisk pace. "Look, without the help of the other ten players, and, obviously people who are sitting in the dressing room as well, this wouldn't have been possible when we had lost two days, two-and-a-half days actually, it's very easy for everyone to just drift away from the goal that we had of winning this test match. When we came here on the fourth day of the morning, first things first, they [Bangladesh] were batting and we needed to get them out. We needed seven wickets quickly, so I thought everything started there," the skipper added. India next play three T20Is against Bangladesh starting Sunday (Oct 6) before hosting New Zealand at home for three-Test series.
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