India vs West Indies: For Rohit Sharma, it's time to get the backups ready

Rohit Sharma is looking to fill in the gaps in the side and is ready to try out various things, although he is loath to term these moves "experiments". "We are trying to find those holes that are there in the squad and fill those gaps. So whatever it takes, we will try and do that," he said on Tuesday. "I feel the word experimentation is over-rated, in my terms" he added.

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Without ruling out fielding new faces, the skipper said, "The idea is to identify the players who are going to play the World Cup and give them game time. There are a lot of players who are injured and are not with the team now. Come the World Cup, I don't know who is going to be fit and who is not. We have a packed schedule and injuries will happen, but we've got to get the backups ready. "So it's important that we give the guys who are going to fill those roles enough game time as well," he said. Looking ahead to the World Cup, Rohit said, "In Australia, you will see different conditions across Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. We will have to ensure that we have both spin and pace bowling allrounders who can bowl well with the new ball and in the death, and also those who can spin with the new ball."

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Rohit Sharma said Virat Kohli is not under any pressure and will come good soon. "He is in a very good space and he has been part of international team for more than a decade. He has spent so