'Our aim here...,' India skipper Rohit puts aside Bangladesh's 'extra confidence' talk ahead of Test series
India skipper Rohit Sharma (Source: ICC)
India skipper Rohit Sharma has brushed aside Bangladesh's 'extra confidence' talk ahead of the upcoming Test series against them which starts on September 19.
Rohit made the comments at the pre-match conference in Chennai on Tuesday (Sep 17) and said that they will be focusing on self-game. Bangladesh are coming to India after beating Pakistan 2-0 in the away Test series.
"Every team wants to beat India, they like to beat India, let them have fun. We will focus on how to beat them. We need to win the match and that's what we are here for. We can't think about what they have to think and say about us," said Rohit at the press conference in Chennai.
"When England came here, they said a lot of things too. But we didn't focus much on it. We needed to deliverresults and that'll be ouraim here as well. To play good cricket. India have played against a lot of teams recently and out combined aim is to win, rather than keep thinking about the opposition," Rohit added.
As for Rohit, he is in the form of his life when it comes to Test cricket and would be hoping for the same to continue in the upcoming series.
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Rohit, whose Test career has seen a bit of overhaul in the last couple of years, could surpass Virender Sehwag in the upcoming series for the most Test sixes by an Indian batter.
The Hitman currently has 84 sixes in Test cricket, six less than Sehwag's 90 but in about half the matches. While Sehwag took 103 matches to hit 90 sixes, Rohit has played only 59 Tests so far. He will have all the chances to hit seven more sixes in the upcoming two Tests as he opens the batting.
India have a bumper Test season coming up with the Rohit Sharma-led side set to host New Zealand after the two Tests against Bangladesh.
India then travel to Australia for the highly-anticipated five-Test Border-Gavaskar series in November, where they aim to win a Test series for the third consecutive time.
