Dubai: India captain Rohit Sharma was all praise for his bowling unit, which has consistently kept opposition teams on tight leash ensuring the side’s smooth passage into the Asia Cup final.
India have assured themselves a spot in the summit clash after winning two Super Four Games against Bangladesh and Pakistan respectively.
“The entire bowling unit stuck to their task and hats off to them. Repeated performances are challenging in these conditions and I don’t want to take any credit away from bowlers,” said the stand-in skipper.
Rohit mentioned Jasprit Bumrah for his exceptional bowling in the ongoing tournament. “I think he’s (Bumrah) matured as a bowler now, played great amount of cricket and he understands his bowling. I think that’s very important for any individual; Bumrah understands what fields he needs to set and knows how to keep it tight. Bhuvi also did the same,” the skipper said.
Rohit was also happy that the strategy of playing four spinners, including part-timer Kedar Jadhav, has clicked so far. “When Hardik got injured, the challenge was to field four spinners and we thought about a few combinations (3 seamers or 4 spinners) and in these conditions it is important to take the pace and not give much pace.”
They now have 13 century opening partnerships and Rohit feels batting with Shikhar Dhawan becomes easy as both of them are clear about their roles.
“With Shikhar, I don’t need to talk much. It’s important to let him be himself. We have batted enough to know each other to start off like that and we clearly know our roles.”