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Rohit Sharma keeping faith in Bhuvneshwar, Harshal ahead of T20 World Cup

India skipper Rohit Sharma has backed pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel to hit form ahead of the T20 World Cup. Following a disappointing Asia Cup campaign, the Indian team had something to cheer as it won the three-match series against Australia 2-1 after clinching a six-wicket win in the third game here on Sunday. However, both Bhuvneshwar and Harshal, who made a comeback from injury, leaked runs in the series, ending with an economy rate of 12 plus. It's important that we give him (Bhuvi) that space because when you have a guy like him in in the team and the quality that he brings, we know that he's had more good days than the bad days in the last so many years. We've been working on some plans, and hopefully, we can give him more options to bowl in the death. And then he'll be as good as he was before," said Rohit in the post match media interaction. Despite the woeful run, Rohit said Bhuvneshwar is not short on confidence. I don't see that he is short in confidence.

Updated On : 26 Sep 2022 | 11:20 AM IST

Want to give Karthik more game time ahead of World Cup, says Rohit Sharma

India skipper Rohit Sharma wants to give wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik more time in the middle before the team heads Down Under for the T20 World Cup next month. Indian have been alternating between Karthik and Rishabh Pant in their playing XI. While the young keeper was given the nod ahead of the veteran player in the Asia Cup, Karthik was picked for all three matches against Australia. I wanted both of these guys to have a number of games under their belt before the World Cup. When we went to the Asia Cup both of these guys were in the fray to play all games," Rohit said at the post-match press conference after India clinched the three-match series against Australia on Sunday. But I just feel that Dinesh needs a little more game time. He hardly got to bat (this series). Just maybe three balls. So that's not enough time, Rohit added. Karthik faced seven balls in total against Australia, while Pant played only one game where he did not get a chance to bat. Pant also needs ga

Updated On : 26 Sep 2022 | 10:44 AM IST

Need to improve our death bowling: Rohit Sharma after beating Australia

Despite the six-wicket win against Australia in the third and final game on Sunday, skipper Rohit Sharma said that the team needs to work on their death bowling for the upcoming clashes.Blistering knocks by Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and a late cameo of 25* run off 16 balls by Hardik Pandya took India to a six-wicket win against Australia in the third and final game to seal the three-match T20I series 2-1 here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday."[Areas of improvement] There are a lot of areas, particularly, our death bowling coming to the party. Those two (Harshal and Bumrah) who came in are coming after a long time. Knowing their (Australia's) middle and lower order is tough to bowl at. Don't really want to look into that. They are coming after a break, they will take time. Hopefully, they can get back in the groove," said Rohit Sharma said in a post-match presentation."It (Hyderabad) is a special place. We have had a lot of memories with the India team and with ..