What Rohit Sharma Said About Jasprit Bumrah's Replacement In T20 World Cup Squad

05.10.2022 - 06:29 sports.ndtv.com

Despite two identical series wins against "quality sides" Australia and South Africa, captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday conceded that the Indian team still needs to address some areas of concern, especially bowling, ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup.

India beat South Africa 2-1 in the three-match T20 International series despite suffering a 49-run defeat in the final game here on Tuesday.

They had beaten Australia by a similar margin in the preceding series. "As a team, we said it at the beginning no matter what happens about the result, there's always room for improvement.

Even if we do well in all three departments, we want to keep getting better," Rohit said at the post-match presentation. "Areas of concerns, we have to look at our bowling, what more options we can find in the powerplay, middle and death. "We were playing two quality sides, have to go back and see what better we can do.

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A lot is going on since BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who is also the president of the Asian Cricket Council, confirmed that India would not be travelling to Pakistan for the Asia Cup next year and that the event will be happening at a neutral venue. What followed was a statement from the Pakistan Cricket Board stating that the decision was made without even consulting the ACC members and the board said that it could impact Pakistan's participation in 2023 World Cup which is slated to be played in India. It has become a hot topic now with cricket veterans also putting their opinions forward on the issue.

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BRISBANE: Mohammed Shami put the concerns over his fitness to rest with a sensational 20th over as India pulled off a six-run win over Australia in their first warm-up fixture of the T20 World Cup here on Monday. KL Rahul (57 off 33) and Suryakumar Yadav (50 off 33) smashed entertaining half-centuries to power India to 186 for seven after Australia opted to bowl at the Gabba. Needing 16 runs off the last 12 balls with six wickets in hand, Australia were on course for a comfortable win before Shami, Harshal Patel and Virat Kohli the fielder scripted a turnaround for India. AS IT HAPPENEDShami, who last played a competitive game in July and landed here after suffering a long bout of COVID-19, turned up to bowl the last over of the game and made a decisive impact on the game. He landed yorker after yorker and ended up with three wickets in the over besides a run out. Shami was drafted into the squad as a replacement for the injured Jasprit Bumrah. In the penultimate over, under-fire Harshal Patel delivered after being hammered early on, as he conceded only five runs in an over that also included a brilliant run out off a Kohli direct hit. The star India batter had also plucked a stunning one-handed catch out of thin air at the boundary line to dismiss Pat Cummins. However, concerns over India's bowling remains ahead of their tournament opener against Pakistan on October 23.

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Team India was given a body blow ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup due to a back injury. The management might have named Mohammed Shami as a replacement for the injured pacer, but the question on everyone's minds is how the team will fair without the services of lead pacer, who is almost irreplaceable at the death. On Saturday, speaking to media, skipper Rohit Sharma spoke about the injury to Bumrah, and how saving his career is more important than the World Cup.