Asia Cup: Would try to take the game on, but important to read situations, conditions well, says Rohit Sharma
Asia Cup in the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium offering a lot of help to the bowlers, India captain Rohit Sharma stated that the side is keen to take the attacking route, but wants to read situations and circumstances for applying themselves a little longer in the 50-over format.
India will be opening their Asia Cup campaign against archrivals Pakistan on Saturday, and Rohit, along with other Indian batters like Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja will be tested by Pakistan's bowling line-up, chiefly their pace bowling line-up of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf.
«All sorts of combinations available looking at how the game was played yesterday. We saw a bit of swing, spin and everything and that will always challenge the batters.
Luckily, we have got experience in our batting line-up, and I will let them play accordingly as per their experience.»
«Yes, I have said that we would try to take the game on, but it's important to read the situations and conditions well because, in the 50-over format, you have to apply a little more than 20-over cricket and apply for a little longer.»
«Being aggressive is important but at the same time, the players will be allowed to play their game and let them make their decisions in the middle because a lot of them are quite experienced and have played in this kind of conditions. So, they know exactly what sort of gameplan and mindset they need to keep and prepare for against every opposition,» said Rohit in the pre-match press conference.
From India's last ODI series against the West Indies in July, Iyer returns after recovering from a lower back injury, so as did Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj,
