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way of scoring runs. All these guys
have played a lot of cricket you can’t
change in a span of three weeks. You
need to change your mindset you
need to adapt to the conditions as
soon as possible various approach
to your batting and all those kinds of
things. It’s more than the skills it is
mentally how you prepare yourself
and how you want to tackle opposi-
tion bowlers I feel it is more mental
than skills.”
“It’s important in any test match
you play, leave the conditions, out-
side of India you have to just go and
score runs find ways to score runs
and that is the talk among the group
how challenging the pitches are how
much is it turning how much is it
seaming and all that. We are trying
to keep all of that away. Conditions
are there for us to play and you got
to find your way to score runs on
whatever pitches you play on,” said
Sharma.
During a series, most of the time
a team tries to focus too much on
what their opponents are trying to
do. Due to this, the players start to
hesitate about their approach. But Usman Khawaja plays a shot during the Day 2 of the 4th Test Match in Ahmedabad on Friday (ANI)
Rohit Sharma believes that his team
does not focus on what their oppo- got a fifer in the last test match. So the Australian batter’s pad. Rohit Tests got over in a span of three days.
nents are trying to pull off. they have got potential to exploit Sharma pointed out the mistake that However, the visitors bounced
“Obviously, as oppositions, you these conditions and obviously when they made due to the excitement in back admirably to win the third Test
will try and play around with some- you have an attacking spinner like the third Test match. at Indore by nine wickets inside
thing that takes in all and that. When Lyon you need someone from the three days, thereby avoiding a series
you have got Jadeja and Axar I dont other end to compliment as well.” AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS whitewash.
think you can take much time any- “These guys have shown that CELEBRATE HOLI Players wear black armbands to
way. They bowl really really quick they can handle that pressure. Hav- pay respect to Cummins’s mother
before the guys are ready to bat ing come out of two losses it is not ustralian cricketers on Australian cricket team was seen
those guys are halfway there to bowl easy to come out and get the job Wednesday celebrated the wearing black armbands as a mark of
so that’s probably my take on that,” done especially on the back of two Afestival of Holi ahead of the respect for Pat Cummins’s mother as
Sharma continued. losses. But both the spinners have fourth Test against India in Ahmed- she passed away on Thursday after a
actually shown that they have got abad, which will start from Thursday prolonged battle with cancer.
AUSSIES SPINNERS CAN that temperament to handle that onwards. On Friday morning in Ahmed-
HANDLE PRESSURE pressure in the middle. When the World’s number one ranked Test abad, coach Andrew McDonald
pitches are that helpful for spinners batter Marnus Labuschagne took to gathered the team before the game
ustralia’s two inexperienced your team is expecting a lot out of Instagram to share the pictures of to share that Maria Cummins had
spinners Todd Murphy and you,” said Rohit Sharma. his teammates Steve Smith, Peter passed away from breast cancer. “We
AMatthew Kuhnemann were “Every ball you bowl you are Handscomb, Matt Kuhnemann and are deeply saddened at the passing
the X factor for Australia in their desperate to take a wicket but I Alex Carey playing Holi. “Happy of Maria Cummins overnight. On
victory at the third Test match in In- think both of them were quite calm. Holi,” said the caption of Marnus’s behalf of Australian Cricket, we ex-
dore. Todd Murphy got Virat Kohli’s They pitched it in the right areas, post. tend our heartfelt condolences to
wicket in the first innings while Kuh- make the batsman guess and then India is currently leading the Pat, the Cummins family and their
nemann got a five-wicket haul in the make a mistake. It was that kind of series 2-1. However, the hosts need friends. The Australian Men’s team
first innings as well. thought process for them and it real- to secure an outright victory in the will today wear black armbands as a
Even though Murphy failed to ly worked for them having said that final Test to qualify for the final of mark of respect,” Cricket Australia
pick up a wicket in the second in- they have the potential to play at the the ICC World Test Championship. said.
nings, he managed to limit the scor- highest level. For us, it’s just about Should they qualify, India will Before departing for Sydney to
ing options of the Indian batters. understanding what they have done be up against the same opponent care for his mother while she was re-
Kuhnemann though became the in the last two games and how can in the battle for the coveted Test ceiving palliative care, Pat Cummins
target of Indian batters as they went we come out on top of them,” Rohit crown. The championship clash will captained the team for the first two
straight after him. Indian captain Sharma continued. be staged in London from June 7 on- Test matches against India in the
Rohit Sharma believes both spinners While both Australian spinners wards. Border-Gavaskar series.
are crucial for Australia. In the pre- were calm, Indian spinners on the India had won the first Test at The team has praised Cummins
match conference, he said, “Both other hand showed their animated Nagpur by innings and 132 runs and for his leadership in the first two
have been good. Murphy in the first side. Ravindra Jadeja appealed ev- followed it up with a six-wicket win Tests while Steve Smith has cap-
game got 7 wickets and Kuhnemann ery single time when the ball struck in the second Test at Delhi. Both tained in his absence.

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