Indian cricket group skipper Rohit Sharma expressed his disappointment and mentioned that the wicket was not dangerous sufficient for his aspect to lose 10 wickets for 117 within the second ODI match in opposition to Australia in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Virat Kohli and Axar Patel had been the one two India batters to cross the 25-run mark as Mitchell Starc ran riot for Australia with a superb five-wicket haul. Rohit rued the way in which Indian batters gifted their wickets on a not so harmful floor and identified how the dismissal of Shubman Gill and himself put the hosts in a tricky place within the early overs.

“If you happen to lose a sport, it’s simply disappointing. We did not apply ourselves with the bat. Did not put sufficient runs on the board. It wasn’t a 117 wicket. Saved dropping wickets and that did not permit us to get the runs we needed. As soon as we misplaced Shubman within the first over, myself and Virat received 30-35 runs rapidly. However then I misplaced my wicket and we misplaced we misplaced a few wickets again to again. That put us on the again foot. It is at all times robust to come back again from that scenario,” Rohit mentioned after the encounter.

Rohit additionally showered praises of Mitchell Starc in addition to the Australian duo of Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh who scored fifties to information the guests to a cushty 10-wicket win.

“Right this moment wasn’t the day for us. Starc is a top quality bowler. He has been doing it for Australia with the brand new ball. He stored bowling to his energy. Swung the brand new ball and took the odd ball away. Saved the batters guessing. Marsh needs to be one of many high gamers going round in terms of energy hitting. He backs himself to do this once in a while. Undoubtedly in high 3 and 4 in terms of energy hitting,” the India skipper defined when requested about Australia’s efficiency on Sunday.