On the eve of the second Test match against Australia, Indian captain Rohit Sharma had a word with the media. As he spoke with the press, the Indian skipper addressed the young and upcoming players on the team’s mentality. Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal got the support of Rohit for their mindset. The three players have played a key role in India’s victory in the shortest format of the game this year.
All these three players have played a key role in India’s victory in the shortest format of the game this year. Rohit put emphasis on their desire to score runs for the team and maintain the interest of the team for individual results.
“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,” Rohit said.
The mindset and the attitude of the younger generation has not failed to amaze Rohit. He spoke about the new generation and expressed his admiration for their will to win games for India when the team gets under pressure.
“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 favors them also. Whenever I talk and listen to them,” he added.
Jaiswal scored an impressive century and scored 161 runs in the first Test in Perth. Rishabh Pant saved the team from a first-inning collapse. Shubman Gill is going to return to the team in Adelaide after he has recovered from a thumb injury.
