Rohit Sharma vows to score for winning cause – Cricket News Update
India’s veteran middle-order batsman , http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309, is keen to play match-winning knocks by staying on the crease till the last moment in the remaining four ODIs against West Indies, as he does not want to rely on the tail enders again after the experience
of the 1st one dayer.
Sharma contributed 72 runs to the innings, while the home team was chasing down the target of 212 at Cuttack. After the match-winner batter lost his wicket in the 46th over, the lower-order batsmen had to fight hard to avert the defeat. Had Varun
Aaron and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625 not hit a boundary each, Sharma’s effort would have gone to waste.
The Maharashtra-born cricketer aims at not repeating the mistake of leaving the innings mid-way in future, claiming that winning a match is more significant than scoring for a losing cause.
Talking to the media, Sharma said, “I was little disappointed for not finishing the game. Winning the game is more important than scoring in a losing cause. I never want to do stuff like this again. Leaving 10 runs for the bowlers to finish the game is always
difficult. I will make sure it does not happen again."
He further told, “It was not an easy situation to be in. They (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760) were bowling well. We wanted a partnership and when (Ravindra) Jadeja came in we just spoke about building small partnerships."
Sharma had to bite nails while watching his successive batsmen fight for success from the pavilion of Barabati Stadium on November 29. This stress provoked him to bat with additional responsibility next time.
As the World Champions are going to take on the Caribbean side in the 2nd ODI today, the right hander is confident of steering them to win with his batting brilliancy. In the absence of the senior batsmen, Sharma has more duty to shoulder.
The 24-year-old played his maiden ODI in 2007 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751. He has played 68 matches so far, scoring 1577 runs with the help of 2 centuries and 9 fifties. His batting average has been 32.18 and strike rate 77.03. His highest ODI innings till this day
is 114. The guy is eagerly waiting for the Test cap.
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