They are very fearless - Rohit Sharma heaps praises on Indian team's youngsters
As India continues their search for their third consecutive WTC final berth, the team's run has been fuelled by the presence of a few dynamic youngsters. Three of them who have been redefining Test cricket with their fearless brand of batting are Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill. In the pre-match presser ahead of the Adelaide Test, the Indian captain, Rohit Sharma highlighted how India’s young guns have been a major boon to the team irrespective of the conditions.
Rohit Sharma said, “Their minds have just one thing-how can we win the match for our team? They don't think about hundreds. When you think this way, individual performance also happens. If you want to win, you have to perform. This is an automatic process. If your first focus is on making the team win, then automatically it's reflected in their big scores. The primary focus is on winning matches. If not from bat, then they want to contribute with fielding or bowling. It is their natural mindset.”
Highlighting further, Rohit said, “Today's generation of boys. They are very fearless and don't travel with a lot of baggage. Not suitcases, haha.. But in general, the pressure. Jaiswal, Gill and Pant, there are a different generation of cricketers. When we burst on to the scene, our minds used to hover around how we could score runs, we used to put a lot of pressure on ourselves. Every gen is different. Today's boys are very different and it favours them also. Whenever I talk and listen to them.”
The three names taken by Rohit Sharma are going to be very important when India takes the yard against Australia in Adelaide. Rishabh Pant has been in tremendous form while Yashasvi Jaiswal continued to slam the ball as hard as he could, fetching him a heap of runs. Shubman Gill has proven himself Down Under before and will be hopeful of replicating the same in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.