Rohit Sharma talking to the press said “three hours of bad cricket” not going to define this Indian team and it would be unfair to judge his players on the basis of that.

“I am not going to look too much into this Test match honestly because those three hours [when India were bowled out for 46] are not going to dictate what this team is,” Rohit said after India lost the first test

to New Zealand by eight wickets. “Even here, there are a lot of good things that happened as well along with the three-four hours of bad cricket.

Further talking to the media Rohit Sharma said “I think its important to keep a consistent message it the group, which is that whenever we are put under pressure, we try to make a way into the game in whatever possible way- that is what we have been talking about.

” And we really found a way to come back into this game with the bat in the second innings. Of course, we lost the match. That’s why it probably won’t make sense what I am talking about. But I honestly feel there have been a lot of good things that happened in this game. So it’s just about keeping a very calm atmosphere, not to send panic messages”

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India Fights Back in the Second Innings

After conceding a lead of 356 runs, India made a sterling comeback in the second innings with Rohit and Yashasvi Jaiswal giving them a good start before Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan’s partnership took them forward. And when Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz joined forces, India started dreaming of an Unimaginable win.

While that didn’t happen, Rohit was proud of India’s fightback.

Rachin and Tim Southee’s Partnership

Rohit’s statement on Rachin and Tim Southee’s partnership: “But that partnership between Rachin Ravindra and Southee actually went a little ahead than what we have been expecting. But again, in the second innings with the bat to come out and play like that, it felt like we were ahead in the game at one stage. We didn’t feel like that we were 350 [356] runs behind and that is something that I am really proud of “.

India will face New Zealand again for the second test in Pune starting on the 24th of October.