Team India’s skipper Rohit Sharma spoke about Rishabh Pant’s role in team India’s camp in the ongoing Champions Trophy. Speaking on Pant, Rohit Sharma said that Pant can come in place for any one of the spinners in team but the they are playing as per the conditions. Rohit also said that they watched matches of the last concluded ILT20 edition to study the Dubai pitch.
If we need him: Rohit Sharma speaks on Rishabh Pant
India are playing all their matches in Dubai despite the tournament being officially hosted in Pakistan and Rohit said that they had structured the larger squad to prepare for the conditions they could find. “There’s a lot of cricket that has been played (in Dubai recently),” said Rohit in a press conference ahead of India’s semi-final fixture against Australia. said Rohit Sharma.
“So, we somehow kind of knew that the surfaces are going to be slow. We were watching ILT20, which was played here. And we thought the slower bowlers will be a lot more helpful. And then we’ve got a batter sitting in the dugout anyway. And if we need a batter to come in, Rishabh is there for us. So, we thought with an extra option of the spin, there’s always a chance that we can play those guys. So that was pretty much the thinking behind that,” he added.
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