Rohit Sharma has backed stars Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal to find their form and deliver in the Melbourne and Sydney test of the Border Gavaskar trophy.
Rohit Sharma has played down concerns over the form of Rishabh Pant in the Australia tests saying wk-batter knows what is expected of him and that has been working hard in the nets.
He also backed the wk-batter highlighting his success in past tours to Australia when he addressed to media ahead of the Melbourne test.
Rishabh pant who made key contributions in 2020-21 tour, has struggled to live up to expectations as he scored only 96 runs in three test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy so far.
Pant has been targeted with short deliveries and Australia captain Pat Cummins’ ploy has worked against him.
“There is no pressure. He has played just three Tests here. He has scored runs in India. He has been in good form. If two or three Tests go up and down, too much of judgement is not right. He knows what he has to do,” Rohit said.
“See, as I told you, all these youngsters – Rishabh, Gill, Jaiswal, all these youngsters are in the same boat. We don’t want to complicate what they are doing. They know what they are expected to do.
“Our job here is to keep talking them about small, small things like match awareness. I don’t think we need to tell them more and complicate stuff.
“Rishabh Pant knows what he has to do. He himself has a lot of expectations from him. He is working hard. I hope he clicks in the last two matches,” Pant added.
India’s young guns in the batting unit have flattered to deceive so far in the series. While Yashasvi Jaiswal began the series he smashed a stunning knock of 161 which helped the side to secure a big margin win.
“Look, Jaiswal, he is coming here for the first time. He has already shown what he is capable of. when you have a guy like that in your team, you don’t want to tamper too much with his mindset.”
“Let him be as free as possible. We try not to overburden him with too many thoughts regarding his batting. He understands his batting more than any one of us.”
“That’s how he has played his cricket, scored all of his runs. We want to ensure he goes out there and plays his game freely. He has got the ability to play all sorts of games — whether it’s the holding game or dominating the game.”
“It’s just about trying to figure out certain areas of his game. I am sure he is doing that along with the other guys. Guys who have played here before share their knowledge,” Rohit said.
“You don’t want to be telling him too many things about his batting. if he gets going, he can be very, very dangerous,” he said.
While speaking about opening batter Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma said, “Talking about Gill, he is quality. It’s just about backing that quality and making sure we give clear messaging to him.”
“Like Jaiswal, we don’t want to complicate too many things with him. He understands his batting really well. He knows how to score big runs.”
“It’s just about making sure that when you get 30s, 40s, you have to convert that into big runs. Getting in is the toughest part here, so when you get in, you have to try and score big runs,” he added.
After both sides secured a win and tied series 1-1, India will be looking to improve batting show when they take on Australia in the fourth test which will begin on December 26 in Melbourne Cricket Ground.
