Rohit Sharma's aggressive intent threatening Australia? Aussie legend rings alarm bells before IND vs AUS Tests
Former Australia cricketer Brad Haddin was full of praises for India's captain Rohit Sharma after India completed a clean sweep of Bangladesh in the recently concluded Test series. The Men in Blue defeated the visitors 2-0 in a thrilling display of batting, bowling, and fielding.
In the second Test at Kanpur, Day 2 and Day 3 of the match were lost due to rain. The match was moving towards a draw but India showed exemplary skills to take the game forward. After bowling out Bangladesh for just 233, the Indian batters came out in an attacking mode.
India smashed 285-9 in just 34.4 overs at a run rate of 8.22. The lead was not big but the game had already started moving towards a result. The bowlers then produced a thrilling performance to dismiss the visitors for just 146 in the second innings, leaving India with just 95 runs to win the match.
The batters did not waste any time and scored the runs quickly while losing 3 wickets. The target was chased down within just 17.2 overs and India maintained its dominance over their opponents at home.
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Brad Haddin hails Rohit Sharma's mindset
During a podcast on LiSTNR Sport, Brad Haddin spoke about India's performance over Bangladesh and hailed Rohit's mindset to go for a win despite the situation not in his favor.
Haddin claimed that Rohit's mindset of winning at every cost made this match go in India's favor. According to him, India could have easily had a net session by knowing that there are just two days left in the match but Rohit Sharma was not going to settle for a draw.
"Rohit Sharma has been a captain, he thinks win first - everything second - they could have easily had a net session, went to a draw - no one could have said anything but the mindset of Rohit Sharma to get a result - so my hat goes off to India," Haddin said on LiSTNR Sport channel on YouTube.
Brad Haddin said "Rohit Sharma has been a captain, he thinks win first - everything second - they could have easily had a net session, went to a draw - no one could have said anything but the mindset of Rohit Sharma to get a result - so my hat goes off to India". [[LiSTNR Sport] pic.twitter.com/6JSPFzKscc
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India's batting approach in the first innings received plenty of praise all around the world. Knowing that they had limited time, the batters came out all guns blazing and started scoring from the first ball itself.
Rohit Sharma set the tone for India's batters
Skipper Rohit set the tone with sixes off his first two balls of the innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal carried on his good form and smashed 72 off just 51 balls. While Jaiswal top-scored for India, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli also played vital knocks with quickfire cameos.
KL Rahul played a blinder in the lower middle order and smashed 68 off just 43 balls. Even fast bowler Akash Deep hit two sixes on his way to 12 off 5 balls. In reply, Indian bowlers put up a stunning show with the ball to bowl out the visitors for just 146 in the second innings.
Jasprit Bumrah, R Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each while Akash Deep claimed a solitary wicket. Needing just 95 runs to win, India chased down the target under 18 overs to notch up a memorable win.
