Bengaluru. Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that the team has a strong group of batsmen and he wants to create a similar group in fast bowling also so that injuries do not affect the balance of the team. Rohit’s comments come at a time when senior fast bowler Mohammed Shami is taking more time to recover from injury while left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal has also suffered a shoulder injury, who was recently dropped for the series against Bangladesh. Was included in the Indian team.
“There are a lot of options when it comes to batting,” Rohit said on the eve of the first Test against New Zealand here. We want to do the same in bowling also. We want to build bench strength where if anything happens to anyone tomorrow, we don’t have to worry. We don’t want to be too dependent on a few players. It is not right to do this. “We want to look to the future and try to make sure we get the right players.”
That’s why it was not a surprise for India to select fast bowlers Mayank Yadav, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prasidh Krishna as reserves for the three-Test series against New Zealand. However, Prasidh’s travel with the team is subject to fitness clearance from the National Cricket Academy as he suffered the injury during Karnataka’s opening Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh in Indore. Rohit also told why the Indian think tank wanted this young fast bowler to stay with the senior team.
He said, “So tomorrow if we feel that he is ready to play that role (in place of the injured fast bowler) then he should be ready for it.” Of course he has played some matches before our announcement.” Rohit said, ”He has also played Duleep Trophy, Irani Trophy. So we just want to make sure that they are well monitored. Their workload should be taken care of.” Rohit said such a step was necessary because Test cricket is a completely different game compared to white-ball formats and bowlers take time to adjust to it.
