Mayank Yadav To Fly To Australia? Rohit Sharma Drops Big Hint For 156.7 Kmph Pace Sensation

India skipper Rohit Sharma said on Tuesday that the team is blessed with a strong pool of batters and he wants to build a similar stock in pace bowling so that injuries stop having a bearing on the side's balance. Rohit's comments come in the backdrop of delayed recovery of senior pacer Mohammed Shami and a shoulder injury to left-arm quick Yash Dayal, who was drafted into the India squad for the recent series against Bangladesh.

"When it comes to batting, there are a lot of options. We want to create the same in bowling as well. We want to create bench strength where tomorrow if anything happens to anyone, we are not worried," Rohit said on the eve of the first Test against New Zealand here.

"We don't want to heavily reliant on a few individuals. That is not the right thing to do. We want to look at the future and try and make sure we get the right guys in as well," he added.

So, it was not surprising to see India naming pacers Mayank Yadav, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prasidh Krishna as travelling reserves for the series against the Black Caps which comprises three Tests.

"Mayank has shown what he can do. But we want to be careful with him. He had a lot of injuries in the past, so we want to progress him not rapidly. Just see how he is every day, try to build his workloads with the red ball. For us, it is to build them gradually rather than getting them straight into international cricket," said Rohit.

However, Prasidh's availability to travel with the squad is subject to him getting fitness clearance from the NCA after suffering an unspecified injury during Karnataka's opening Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh at Indore.

That apart, Rohit explained why the Indian think-tank wanted those young pacers