Indian cricket teams captain Rohit Sharma was recently seen enjoying an outing in New York before the teams 2024 T20 World Cup curtainraiser. The Men in Blue are all set to commence their campaign against Ireland on Wednesday June 5.
Rohit Sharma was spotted touring New York, sometimes known as the Big Apple, before to the tournament. The star batter took to Instagram to show a few photos of himself at a diner.
“Big moods in the Big Apple,” he captioned the post.
Virat Kohli’s absence from Indias warmup contest against Bangladesh saw Sanju Samson stepping up to partner with Rohit Sharma at the top of the order with Rishabh Pant holding the key No. 3 spot.
In his postmatch presentation speech Rohit emphasized the team managements choice to trial Pant at the No. 3 spot to grant him an opportunity.
“We haven’t nailed the batting line-up yet” – Rohit Sharma on Team India’s batting order for 2024 T20 World Cup
Virat Kohli was noticeably absent from Indias warmup fixture against Bangladesh. Interestingly during his hiatus Sanju Samson took on the opening role alongside the seasoned Rohit Sharma while the charismatic Rishabh Pant confidently strode out at No. 3.
During the post-match conference, Rohit revealed that the team management tested out Pant at No. 3 to give him an opportunity.
He suggested that the batting lineup had not yet been determined, stating:
“Just to give him (Pant) an opportunity. We haven’t nailed the batting line-up yet, we wanted most guys to get a hit in the middle. Even the bowlers did pretty well. All in all happy with how things went. Pretty much got what we wanted from the game. New venue, new ground, drop-in pitch – important to get used to it and we managed pretty well.”
Rohit Sharma
India and Ireland are poised for an electrifying faceoff at the revered Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York this midweek. The muchanticipated match is slated to commence at 8:00 PM (IST).