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Rohit Sharma calls former coach Ravi Shastri an ‘outsider’ and hits back at his claim that India lost the third Test due to ‘overconfidence’ as ‘nonsense’
Former coach Ravi Shastri’s claim that the Indian team lost in Indore due to overconfidence has been termed as ‘nonsense’ by skipper Rohit Sharma, who left no stone unturned calling him an ‘outsider’.
Shastri, who was the head coach of the Indian team for six years out of seven from 2014, will not be too happy to know how it feels when the shoe is on the other foot.
Commenting for the host broadcaster after India’s defeat, Shastri said, “This is what a little complacency, a little overconfidence can do where you take things, you let your guard down and this game will bring you down. ” Nine wickets for Australia on Rank Turner.
Captain Rohit has maintained his calm, composure and dignity over the last 18 months but when asked about his former head coach’s assessment of the third Test, he looked very determined.
Rohit said on the eve of the fourth and final Test, ‘To be honest, when you win two matches and people outside think that we are overconfident then it is absolutely nonsense because you want to give your best in all four matches. want.’
“You don’t want to stop at winning two games. It is very simple. Obviously, all these guys, when they talk about being overconfident and all and especially when they are not part of the dressing room, they don’t know the kind of things that go on in the dressing room. People on the “outside”.
Rohit’s scathing reply was for someone who until recently was the team’s strategic policy maker and its biggest official cheerleader.
“We all want to do our best in the game and if it looks overconfident or anything like that to outsiders, it doesn’t really matter to us,” Rohit said on Monday.
Maybe Rohit was a bit distracted by the fact that Shastri knows how the system works and could have been a bit more sensitive in his choice of words.
Rohit said, ‘Because Ravi himself has been in this dressing room and he knows the kind of mindset we have when we play.’
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For many, it is about misplaced confidence, but for the Indian skipper, it is ruthlessness.
“So yes, it is about being ruthless and not being overconfident. Ruthless is the word that comes to every cricketer’s mind not to give an inch to the opposition when they are on a foreign tour.
“We have also experienced that when we tour outside, the opposition will never let you down in a game or a series and that’s the mindset we have as well,” he added.
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