NEW DELHI: India skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday gave thumbs as much as the Kensington Oval pitch in Barbados after enduring some powerful instances within the Group stage of the T20 World Cup on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium observe in New York.
Rohit received the toss and opted to bat towards Afghanistan of their opening Tremendous eight stage sport. That is additionally the primary time India selected to bat first within the event.
Whereas assessing the pitch, Rohit stated it’d get slower because the match progresses.
“We’re going to bat first. Appears to be like alright at this second, seems to be a very good observe. No grass on the pitch, I suppose it’s going to get slower. It is higher than New York. We now have to adapt to the situations rapidly,” Rohit stated after the toss.
India have additionally modified their Enjoying XI, bringing in left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav rather than pacer Mohammed Siraj.
We now have been right here for a few days, we’ve got performed a variety of cricket. It is about understanding what we have to do in situations like these. It is an early begin. Often begin within the night elsewhere. We get pleasure from taking part in right here. We now have made one change, Kuldeep is available in for Siraj,” Rohit added.
Rohit received the toss and opted to bat towards Afghanistan of their opening Tremendous eight stage sport. That is additionally the primary time India selected to bat first within the event.
Whereas assessing the pitch, Rohit stated it’d get slower because the match progresses.
“We’re going to bat first. Appears to be like alright at this second, seems to be a very good observe. No grass on the pitch, I suppose it’s going to get slower. It is higher than New York. We now have to adapt to the situations rapidly,” Rohit stated after the toss.
India have additionally modified their Enjoying XI, bringing in left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav rather than pacer Mohammed Siraj.
We now have been right here for a few days, we’ve got performed a variety of cricket. It is about understanding what we have to do in situations like these. It is an early begin. Often begin within the night elsewhere. We get pleasure from taking part in right here. We now have made one change, Kuldeep is available in for Siraj,” Rohit added.
