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Team India is all set to begin their home Test season with two-match series against Bangladesh, starting from September 19. Ahead of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chennai, Team India skipper, Rohit Sharma opened up on how every team looks to beat them, while taking a subtle dig at their near neighbours.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the first Test in Chennai, Rohit Sharma cheekily responded how every team, which comes to India, wants to beat them and similar was the case with England. Notably, England toured India for a five-match Test series, which they lost by 1-4 margin.
Maze lene do unko: Rohit Sharma ahead of first Test against Bangladesh
The 37-year-old right-handed batter minced no words as he said that let the opposition enjoy as much as they want but the Indian dressing room is focused on playing their best game and are not thinking much about it. "Sab team ko India ko Haraana hai. India ko haraane mein maza aata hai. Maze lene do unko, par hamaara kaam hai, jo humko karna hai ki hume match kaise jeetna hai. (Every team wants to beat India and they enjoy doing it. Let them keep having fun. Our job is to focus on winning matches),” he said.
“Hum yeh nahin soch sakte jo hamaare saamne jo team hai woh kya soch rahi hai. England bhi jab yahan aaye they, unhone bhi kaafi baat-cheet ki, press conferences ki, par humne kabhi us cheez pe focus nahin kiya. (We can't think about what the opposition is thinking about us. When England came here, they also spoke a lot during press conferences, but we didn't focus on them)” Rohit further added while speaking at the pre-match press conference.
Watch Rohit Sharma take a subtle dig at Bangladesh ahead of first Test:
With Rohit Sharma returning to competitive action after a month, the 37-year-old eyes to achieve landmark feat. Sharma is just ten runs shy from scoring 1000 runs this year in international cricket and currently stands fourth in the list of most runs scored this year after Pathum Nissanka, Mendia and Yashasvi Jaiswal. So far, the Indian skipper has amassed 990 runs from 20 matches at an average of 45 with three centuries and six half-centuries.
