Indian captain Shubman Gill has supported his fellow opener and veteran batsman Rohit Sharma, who flopped in the ODI series against New Zealand. The Indian team lost the ODI series 2-1. In this series, Rohit scored only 61 runs at an average of 20.33. He did not score even a single half-century. In such a situation, when questions were raised on hitman Rohit Sharma, Captain Gill fully supported his former captain. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 11 runs in 13 balls, which included 2 fours. India had a target of 338 runs, which India could not achieve despite Virat Kohli’s century. In the post match press conference, Shubman Gill said that Rohit Sharma could not convert his good starts into big innings in the series against New Zealand. He said, “I think Rohit Sharma has been in tremendous form, from the Australia series to the South Africa series. I think, like I said, you don’t always convert the starts you get into big innings and I think Rohit got some starts in this New Zealand series as well. As a batsman, you always want to convert those starts into big innings and always want to take advantage of them and score a century, but it is not possible to do that every time. At the same time, it is something that you always try to do. Talking about the match, New Zealand had scored 337 runs after losing 8 wickets in 50 overs. Daryl Mitchell scored his second century in the series. India had a target of 338 runs in the series decider match. Virat Kohli also scored a century, but India collapsed before 300 runs and along with losing the match, they also lost the series. India lost for the first time in an ODI match in Indore and for the first time in its 37-year history, the New Zealand team won the ODI series on Indian soil. Glenn Phillips also scored a century for the Kiwi team in this match and increased India’s problems.
