The Team India is all set for their first match against Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2023. Indian batsmen have completed their homework to face Pakistani fast bowlers Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf. Team India's captain Rohit Sharma said this while interacting with reporters a day before the big match to be held on Saturday.
Pakistan has been playing good cricket
The 36-year-old Indian captain praised the Pakistani team, saying that they have been playing good cricket for a few years. Babar Azam's team has shown good performance in both the last Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup. The team has also done well in ODIs. No team becomes number-1 just like that. There is a lot of hard work behind this. I am sure Pakistan players have also worked hard.
Rohit Sharma described the Asia Cup as fitness before the World Cup. He said that it is a big match in the Asia Cup. The training camp was important in terms of preparations for the Asia Cup. Asia Cup is a fitness test before the World Cup.
We have all kinds of combinations
On the question of playing-11, Rohit Sharma says that we have all kinds of combinations and there is going to be a lot of trouble in choosing playing-11. Having trouble choosing the playing 11 is a good sign. This means we have many promising and good players.
We have experience of playing Pakistani bowlers
On the question of Pakistani bowling, Rohit says that Pakistan's bowling unit is good. Haris, Naseem and Shaheen are doing well. They obviously have good bowlers, but we have the experience of playing them. We know which area they will bowl.
Experience of the Indian batsmen will come handy
We also have very experienced batsmen. We have done our homework to play Pakistani bowlers. We will play according to experience. The experience of the Indian batsmen will come handy in front of the Pakistani bowlers.
On the question of the favourite for the title, Rohit says that no team can be called weak in the Asia Cup. All the teams are playing good cricket here. As far as the Indian team is concerned, we are focussing on the match against Pakistan. I think sometimes short term goals are also important. Will decide further strategy after this match.
I will try to score for the team
On his batting, Rohit said that he has been playing for so many years. I just know when, where and how to play. I have played a very different kind of cricket in the last two years. This time I will see what the team needs. Till now I was playing taking risks, now I will try to score for the team if I get into the rhythm.
As a top order batsman, it is my responsibility to prepare a good foundation for the Indian innings.
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