“There were some nerves to start with”

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill shared a match-winning stand as Staff India thrashed Nepal by 10 wickets (through DLS methodology) on Monday to guide their berth within the Tremendous 4 spherical of the Asia Cup.

It was a must-win sport for the Males in Blue after their match towards Pakistan was deserted resulting from rain. Whereas the beginning wasn’t nice, India slowly crawled again as the sport progressed.

After bowling out Nepal for 230, India made an honest begin earlier than the heavens opened up. The sport finally resumed at 10.15 pm IST, with the revised goal of 145 runs from 23 overs.

Rohit (74* off 59) and Shubman Gill (67* off 62) completed the job with 17 balls remaining and 10 wickets in hand.

Reflecting on his knock, the Indian skipper said that he was nervous initially however settled nicely after a number of hits. Talking on the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit Sharma stated:

“Probably not (pleased with the knock), some nerves to begin with however as soon as I received my eye in, I needed to get the workforce residence.”

The knock will give Rohit some much-needed confidence as they stay up for the ICC ODI World Cup, scheduled to be performed on residence soil, beginning on October 5.

“We knew what our World Cup 15 goes to be like” – Rohit Sharma on India’s squad for the mega occasion

The continuing Asia Cup is perceived to be a platform the place groups would finalize their ultimate 15-member squad for the World Cup. Nonetheless, Rohit Sharma burdened that they knew their ultimate 15 even earlier than touchdown in Sri Lanka for the continental match.

“Once we got here right here we knew what our World Cup 15 goes to be like, the Asia Cup was not going to provide us a greater image as a result of it was solely two video games,” Rohit stated. “However fortunately we received to bat within the first sport and bowl on this, in order that made it an entire sport for us.”

Regardless of a complete win, Rohit highlighted that they should work on sure areas as they goal for the elusive trophy on November 19 in Ahmedabad.