Ready to accept what comes with Rishabh Pant: Rohit Sharma

Coach Rahul Dravid is not new to the coaching set-up or to the players, and that has shown effectively on the field. The same goes with new captain Rohit Sharma. Also, Hanuma Vihari and Shreyas Iyer, replacing Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, appear to have come into their own. Iyer, in particular, has shown spark and spunk. Jasprit Bumrah shored up his versatility with his first fifer on home soil, that too on a turning pitch.

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For the second consecutive time, the Indian men's cricket team wrapped up a Test match against Sri Lanka within three days, beating the Lankans by 238 runs and winning the two Test series 2-0 in Bengaluru. India had won the first Test at Mohali by an innings and 222 runs in three days. This was the

The bigger gain for India has been the growth of wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant in the longer format. Apart from the 185 runs that he piled up in the series, the 24-year-old also accounted for five catches and three sharp stumpings and was deservingly named man of the series. Skipper Rohit dwelled on the main men of the series and the takeaways. Excerpts:On Test captaincy: I haven't captained much in red ball, except a few games in Ranji Trophy. It was a big thing to lead here in Tests. I got support from the team at the ground, they were telling me what to do and what not to do. There are a few senior members in the team who understand the game well and I have their inputs. I have my reading of the game as well. But eventually you work on instinct and my captaincy philosophy is to take a call on that point which seems right to you, keeping in mind of where the game is going. I try to analyse these things on the