New Zealand created history by sweeping the Indian cricket team 3-0 in the third and final Test on Sunday. Let us tell you that this is the first time that the Indian team has been wiped out on its own soil. The Indian team has had an excellent record on home grounds recently, but New Zealand on Sunday showed that India is not invincible on its home ground.
In the press conference after the match, captain Rohit Sharma took responsibility for the team’s shameful defeat and said that it cannot be digested easily. He also said that this is the worst phase of his career. He said that such performance would be the worst phase of my career and I take full responsibility for it.
Rohit said, ‘It is difficult to digest the fact of losing the series. Losing a series, losing a Test match is never easy. This is not an easy thing to digest. We did not play our best cricket. New Zealand performed better throughout the series. We made many mistakes. He further said, ‘In the first two Tests we did not score many runs in the first innings. In this match we took a lead of 28 runs and then the target could have been achieved. “We failed as a unit,” he said. When you are chasing a target like this you want runs to get on the board. It was in my mind but it didn’t happen. It doesn’t feel good when what you want doesn’t happen.
The Indian captain said that he was also very disappointed with his own performance. He said, ‘I enter the field with certain plans and those plans did not succeed in this series. We did not play our best cricket in these conditions and are suffering the consequences for it. He said, ‘I could not give my best performance as a captain and also in batting. As a unit we failed to perform well together.
Talking in detail about his poor batting in the match, the captain said that he will review his game. He said, ‘My defense. I didn’t play at the crease for very long so I didn’t defend much. I need to look into this. I try to keep my team in a good position, but sometimes you end up on the other side. He said, ‘I don’t think I have lost confidence in my defense. I admit that I have not batted well in this series. But there have been only two series in which I have not batted well. As you go along, you try and improve to see what else I can do. It is also possible that you may not be like that but I will check again.