Rohit Sharma’s Courage Call: India’s Lesson from 1st Test Loss to England

Rohit Sharma's Courage Call: India's Lesson from 1st Test Loss to England

Rohit Sharma’s insightful advice to India following their defeat in the 1st Test against England, emphasizing the importance of courage and the valuable lessons learned.In a surprising turn of events, the England cricket team made a stunning comeback to triumph over India in the first Test match at Hyderabad against India. The Indian cricket team, which was looking quite comfortable in the first two days made one mistake after another suddenly and eventually handed over the game to Ben Stokes the captain of England.

Rohit Sharma’s Courage Call: India’s Lesson from 1st Test Loss to England

Skipper Rohit Sharma faced a hard time pinpointing the exact reason for defeat and said that the team was maybe ‘not brave enough’ to win the match. In the first two days, both of the teams played well after that in the next two days England performed better than India.“It’s hard to pinpoint where it went wrong. Having got a lead of 190, we thought we were very much in the game. (It was) exceptional batting (by Ollie Pope) in the match,

Reaction of Rohit Sharma After The Match: 

Rohit Sharma's Courage Call: India's Lesson from 1st Test Loss to England
Rohit Sharma’s Courage Call: India’s Lesson from 1st Test Loss to England

one of the best that I have seen in Indian conditions by an overseas batter,” Rohit Sharma said in the post-match presentation.“I thought 230 was gettable, there wasn’t too much in the pitch to do something better. We didn’t bat well enough to get to the score in the match. I went and checked where we bowled, we bowled in the right areas at the right time. When you finish the day, you analyze what went well and what didn’t go well,” the Indian skipper said.

“The bowlers executed the plans well, but you’ve got to take your hat off and say well played to Pope. That was some serious knock,” Rohit added.

“We didn’t bat well enough to get to that score which we have predicted. I wanted them (Siraj and Bumrah) to take the game to the fifth day. (With) 20-30 runs, anything is possible. The lower order fought well there and showed the top order that you need to fight it out. You need to show character, you need to be brave enough although I thought we weren’t. We wanted to take some chances, we didn’t take chances with the bat. But that can happen. It’s the first game of the series, I hope the guys can learn from that,” Rohit said.

Reaction of Ben Stoke:

Ben Stokes described England’s unlikely turnaround win against India in Hyderabad as their “greatest triumph” since he took over as captain, and labeled Ollie Pope’s second-innings 196 “the greatest innings that have ever been played in the subcontinent by an English batsman”.Pope has been played exceptionally in the match. which has moved our team toward the win.

One of India’s worst defeats at home Stadium:

Rohit Sharma's Courage Call: India's Lesson from 1st Test Loss to England
Rohit Sharma’s Courage Call: India’s Lesson from 1st Test Loss to England

The loss against England was not a usual low-phase defeat for Team India as the cricket team has dominated at home since 2013. The defeat against England was India’s fourth loss at home in Test cricket since 2013 and the second-ever defeat after getting a more than comfortable lead of 190 runs. In 2013 they lost for the first time to the England team.

Conclusion:

In a surprising turn of events, the England cricket team made a stunning comeback to triumph over India in the first Test match at Hyderabad against India. The Indian cricket team, which was looking quite comfortable in the first two days made one mistake after another suddenly, In the first two days the Indian team played well after that in the next two days England finally came comeback and won the test match. In 2013 India lost to the team England in their home ground of Hyderabad. Pope has played a brilliant inning and he has scored 196 in the final inning. Bumrah and Siraj have been bowling well in the two innings.

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