"May Take Him For...": Rohit Sharma's Apology To Axar Patel After Costing Him A Hat-Trick

Skipper Rohit Sharma showered praise on his deputy Shubman Gill and veteran pacer Mohammed Shami for coming with game-changing performances against Bangladesh in India's Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday. Gill made an unbeaten hundred and Shami walked away with a five-wicket haul as India registered a six-wicket win over Bangladesh at the DICS. "We've been in that situation many times before and like I said many times (in the past), there's a lot of experience in that dressing room to handle that composure where it's needed and KL (Rahul) and (Shubman) Gill at the end were quite composed," Rohit said during the post-match presentation.

Rohit heaped praise on player of the match Gill.

"Gill, we know the class that he has, he's been batting brilliantly of late and today what he showed us with the bat shouldn't surprise anyone," he said.

"What was good to see that he was there till the end to make sure that he sees off the game," Rohit added.

Rohit also lauded Shami for his five-for that helped the pacer to complete 200 wickets in ODIs.

"Yeah, very happy for him. (It has been a) long time waiting, we obviously know what he brings to us," Rohit said.

"The quality that he has, the kind of match winner he is developing himself into for us, every time we throw the ball at him he's got something up his sleeves, which is always nice and we need guys like these to stand up in big moments," he added.

Rohit said India expect the pitch here at the Dubai International Stadium to remain slow for their next Champions Trophy clash against Pakistan on February 23.

"Very hard to say that," Rohit replied when asked if his side thought the pitch behaved as per their expectations.

"It's just one game, very hard