“It’s absolutely rubbish,” Rohit Sharma on Ravi Shastri’s ‘overconfident’ comment after India’s Test defeat in Indore

Rohit said that Ravi Shastri himself has been in this dressing room so he knows what sort of mindset the players have when they play.


“It’s absolutely rubbish,” Rohit Sharma on Ravi Shastri’s ‘overconfident’ comment after India’s Test defeat in Indore

Ravi Shastri and Rohit Sharma

Following India’s nine-wicket defeat against Australia in the Indore Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Ravi Shastri, on air said that India have lost because they were a little complacent, overconfident, took things for granted, and were overeager to dominate. But India captain Rohit Sharma doesn’t agree with Shastri’s opinions. Rohit believes the team had played with ruthlessness and were not overconfident.

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Rohit said that people outside the dressing room do not know what sort of talk happens in the dressing room. He added that his team wouldn’t want to give any inch to the opposition when they are playing, and never let them come into the series. 

“Honestly, when you win two games, if the people outside are feeling that we are overconfident, it’s absolutely rubbish, because you want to do your best in all four games,” Rohit said on the eve of the Ahmedabad Test at the press conference. “Obviously, all these guys, when they talk about being overconfident and all, especially the guys who are not part of the dressing room, they don’t know what kind of talk happens in the dressing room.”

He then added that Ravi Shastri himself has been in this dressing room so he knows what sort of mindset the players have when they play. “It’s about being ruthless, not being overconfident.” Aussie spinner Matthew Kuhnemann’s five-wicket haul restricted India to 109 in the first innings, while in the second innings, India players just couldn’t settle in front of Nathan Lyon who picked up eight wickets.

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Ahead of the Ahmedabad Test, Rohit Sharma and co. get drenched in Holi colors

Ahead of the Ahmedabad Test, Rohit Sharma and co. gets drenched in Holi colors
Team India members celebrating Holi

Rohit Sharma appeared at the presser after celebrating Holi with his teammates. The Indian skipper didn’t spare anyone and applied the Holi colors on all the players and staff members. Suryakumar Yadav could be seen dancing to the tune of ‘Range Barse’. The Twitter handle of the Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) shared the video of the same.

Watch the video below:

Not just the Indian players, even the Aussies did not miss the chance to enjoy the festival of colors.

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Tomorrow, that is on Thursday (March 9), the rivals will meet for the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India have already retained the trophy and need to win the fourth Test to reach the final of the ICC World Test Championship. Australia have already advanced to the final after their Indore Test victory.

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