Indian captain Rohit Sharma showered praise on Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant for their fearless brand of cricket. Rohit said the trio doesn’t think about achieving personal milestones and they put the interest of the team on top priority.
Jaiswal scored a majestic knock of 161 runs in the second innings of the opening Test match against Australia at Optus Stadium, Perth after he was dismissed for a duck in the first essay.
Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant has been a consistent performer for India in the red-ball version whereas Shubman Gill has also performed consistently at the top level in all three formats.
Rohit recalled his generation of batters used to put a lot of pressure on themselves, thinking they had to score a lot of runs.
“In their minds, there’s just one thing, ‘Can we win the match for our team?’ They don’t think about hundreds. When you think this way, individual performance also happens,” Rohit said in the pre-match press conference.
“Today’s generation of boys. They are very fearless and don’t travel with a lot of baggage. Jaiswal, Gill and Pant… they are a different generation of cricketers. When we burst onto 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,” he said.
Rohit said it will be imperative for them to get used to the pink-ball’s pace and bounce against Australia in the second Test.
“I think it’s just about getting used to the pace of the ball more than anything else. You are so used to playing with the red ball, and the pink ball certainly does a little bit more than the red ball,” Rohit said.
“We have been training here for the past three days, and I certainly felt that the more time you spend playing the pink ball, it gets a little easier as well. The bounce is there. Obviously, there will be challenges,” he added.
The second Test match between Australia and India, which will be a pink-ball game, will be played at Adelaide Oval from December 6 onwards.
