The Indian team lost their second World Test Championship final in succession, falling to Australia at The Oval. The team captained by Rohit Sharma suffered a catastrophic 209-run defeat while chasing a gigantic 444-run target.
Following the Final, India captain Rohit Sharma proposed a best-of-three-matches rule to be introduced effectively with the following WTC cycle. However, Australia captain Pat Cummins did not agree to the proposal. Rohit said, “3 match series for the WTC Final will be ideal in the next cycle.” In response, Pat Cummins remarked, “Players win medals in the Olympics with just one final.”
In the meantime, Rohit pointed out in the press conference that India's poor bowling performance in the first innings and batting performance throughout the match was why they lost the match. “I thought we started well with winning the toss, putting them to bat in those conditions. We bowled well in the first session and then we let ourselves down with how we bowled. “Got to give credit to the Australian batters. Head came in and played really well along with Steven Smith,” Rohit Sharma said.
“That just took us off guard a little bit. We knew it was always hard to come back, but we put up a good show. We fought till the end. We’ve worked hard for all those four years. Playing two finals is honestly a good achievement for us. But we’d like to go a mile ahead as well. We would want at least 20-25 days to prepare for Finals like these.
“You can’t take the credit away from what we’ve done in those last two years to come here. .. it was a great effort from the entire unit. Unfortunate that we couldn’t go on and win the final but we’ll keep our heads high and fight. The crowd support has been brilliant. They’ve gotten behind the time. I’d like to thank each one of them. They were cheering for every run and every wicket,” he added.
Here is how fans reacted to Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins' opposing views
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'Cummins rocked, Sharma shocked' - Fans in splits over Pat Cummins' counter view on Rohit Sharma's '3 match series for the WTC Final' comments
India captain Rohit Sharma proposed a best-of-three-matches rule to be introduced effectively with the following WTC cycle.
Pat Cummins-Rohit Sharma (source: Twitter)
The Indian team lost their second World Test Championship final in succession, falling to Australia at The Oval. The team captained by Rohit Sharma suffered a catastrophic 209-run defeat while chasing a gigantic 444-run target.
Following the Final, India captain Rohit Sharma proposed a best-of-three-matches rule to be introduced effectively with the following WTC cycle. However, Australia captain Pat Cummins did not agree to the proposal. Rohit said, “3 match series for the WTC Final will be ideal in the next cycle.” In response, Pat Cummins remarked, “Players win medals in the Olympics with just one final.”
In the meantime, Rohit pointed out in the press conference that India's poor bowling performance in the first innings and batting performance throughout the match was why they lost the match. “I thought we started well with winning the toss, putting them to bat in those conditions. We bowled well in the first session and then we let ourselves down with how we bowled. “Got to give credit to the Australian batters. Head came in and played really well along with Steven Smith,” Rohit Sharma said.
“That just took us off guard a little bit. We knew it was always hard to come back, but we put up a good show. We fought till the end. We’ve worked hard for all those four years. Playing two finals is honestly a good achievement for us. But we’d like to go a mile ahead as well. We would want at least 20-25 days to prepare for Finals like these.
“You can’t take the credit away from what we’ve done in those last two years to come here. .. it was a great effort from the entire unit. Unfortunate that we couldn’t go on and win the final but we’ll keep our heads high and fight. The crowd support has been brilliant. They’ve gotten behind the time. I’d like to thank each one of them. They were cheering for every run and every wicket,” he added.
Here is how fans reacted to Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins' opposing views