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Indian captain Rohit Sharma defended his group in opposition to claims of getting a bonus within the 2025 Champions Trophy in Dubai, countering critics like Aaqib Javed and Nasser Hussain.
Rohit Sharma (L, Sportzpics) and Nasser Hussain (AFP Picture).
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has staunchly defended his group from critics who declare the Males in Blue have an ‘benefit’ within the 2025 Champions Trophy as a result of they’re enjoying all their matches in Dubai. Rohit mentioned, though it’s the identical floor, a number of pitches are getting used on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, which behave otherwise and are laborious to foretell, making it as essential for India to adapt as different groups.
Pakistan interim coach Aaqib Javed, South Africa batter Rassie van der Dussen and former England cricketers Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton are amongst a number of concerned with the event which have mentioned India ‘undoubtedly’ have a bonus. They consider that in contrast to different groups, India have a ‘dwelling’ of their very own in Dubai, and are additionally higher off as a result of they don’t must journey between Pakistan and the UAE.
“Each time, the pitch is providing you with totally different challenges. The three matches that we performed right here, the pitch has behaved otherwise. This isn’t our dwelling, that is Dubai. We don’t play so many matches right here, and that is new for us too,” Rohit mentioned throughout the pre-match press meet forward of the semifinal in opposition to Australia, as quoted by PTI.
“There are 4 or 5 surfaces which are getting used right here. See, I don’t know which pitch goes to be performed within the semifinals. However no matter occurs, we must adapt and see what is occurring and what’s not. And we’ll play on that,” he added.
“We noticed that when the (New Zealand) bowlers have been bowling, it was swinging a little bit bit. We didn’t see it within the first two video games when our bowlers have been bowling. Within the final recreation, we didn’t get to see that a lot spin, as we speak there was a little bit of it. So, there are various things occurring on each floor. So, it’s not like we all know what will occur on this pitch and what’s not going to occur,” he mentioned.
Each Australia and South Africa traveled to Dubai to coach forward of the semi-final. As soon as it was determined that the previous would play India after the Males in Blue’s 44-run win over New Zealand, the Proteas went again to Lahore and can now face the Kiwis on Wednesday.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)