"Fielding Is Something..." - Rohit Sharma's Honest Take On Dropped Catches Against New Zealand

Mohammed Shami sizzled with a five-wicket haul in his first game of the World Cup and his captain Rohit Sharma was all praise of him for grabbing the opportunity with both hands in India's four-wicket win over New Zealand on Sunday. After Shami (5/54) led the Indian bowling attack to bowl New Zealand out for 273, chase-master Virat Kohli struck a magnificent 95 to help his side chase down the target with 12 balls to spare. "Shami took the opportunity with both hands. He's got class and so much experience and he used the conditions really well," Rohit said at the post-match presentation.

"At one stage NZ put up a big partnership there. Dew came in as well. But we have to give credits to the bowlers in the back end. Good start to the tournament but job is half done."

Rohit had nothing much to say on Kohli's masterful knock as the maestro has been doing it for the country time and again.

"Nothing much to say about Virat. We've seen him do this for so many years. He backs himself to do the job," said the captain.

"Towards the end there was a bit of pressure with a few wickets lost, but Kohli and Jadeja took us home." On his own performance, Rohit, who made 46 off 40 balls at the top of the batting order, said, "Shubman and I compliment each other quite well in the middle. Couldn't get big enough runs ourselves but happy to win." India dropped a few catches in a rare shoddy fielding show but Rohit was not too concerned about it.

"Fielding is something we pride ourselves on. It wasn't as clinical as we'd like to. Couple of dropped catches but those guys are good, Jadeja is among the best in the game."

"We love travelling and playing in different parts of the country. So far we have not been disappointed and we have not