Rohit Sharma Analyzes Defeat, Confident For Gabba Test

Team India lost the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at Adelaide Oval on Sunday

After the loss, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma opened up on the loss in the day-night Test match, which was being played with the pink ball

He acknowledged by saying that his team didn’t play well and the opposition team played better cricket, and they won the second Test

“A disappointing week for us; we didn’t play well, and Australia played better cricket than us and won the Test match. We failed to grab our opportunities. We didn’t bat well enough, probably 30-40 runs short with the bat in the first innings. There were opportunities when Australia was batting, and we failed to take those chances. When you miss those chances, it’s never easy.”

Speaking about the challenges with the pink ball in the second Test, Rohit said that when playing in Australia, we have to be mentally ready to bat under different conditions

“You know when you come to Australia, you have to be mentally ready to bat under different conditions. It can be difficult, but that cannot be an excuse. The conditions are for both teams; they batted well and got the runs. We didn’t bat well enough to get enough runs.”

The 37-year-old showed confidence on the team and shed some light on the next Test in Brisbane; he referred to India’s past success at the venue

“We are looking forward to it (the Gabba Test). Some really good memories there. We want to start well and play well. There’s not much time in between as well. You know we just want to go out there and think about what we did right, you know, in Perth and also what we did last time when we were here.”

The third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will start on December 14 at the Gabba, Brisbane

He last time when India played here, Rishabh Pant was at 89* unbeaten, chased down the score of 328, and handed Australia their first loss at the stadium since 1988, and it was a 2-1 series win for India