We could’ve bowled better: Rohit

The skipper of the India cricket team, Rohit Sharma, decided to withdraw the appeal of Mohammed Shami against Dasun Shanaka, the rival captain, on Tuesday. This decision won Rohit a lot of hearts and praises from the team management, and it also worked well as the Punjab lad went on to score a fluent half-century in the first one-dayer at Barsapara Cricket Stadium. However, there are some areas which India need to ponder upon leading up to the ODIs later this year. For one, India need to win against Sri Lanka in order to maintain their position in the ICC World Cup. Furthermore, a comprehensive 67-run win should not leave those under the carpet. The flat deck of Barsapara notwithstanding one such area was letting Sri Lanka cross the 300-run mark even after the visitors' top-order failure. Rohit admitted that in the post-match presentation, "we started off really well with the bat. It was a great effort for all the batters. The platform was set to play freely for all the batters. We could have bowled slightly better. I don't want to be too critical about it. The dew was not that much, but it was still difficult to bowl. We got w

We could’ve bowled better: Rohit
The skipper of the India cricket team, Rohit Sharma, decided to withdraw the appeal of Mohammed Shami against Dasun Shanaka, the rival captain, on Tuesday. This decision won Rohit a lot of hearts and praises from the team management, and it also worked well as the Punjab lad went on to score a fluent half-century in the first one-dayer at Barsapara Cricket Stadium. However, there are some areas which India need to ponder upon leading up to the ODIs later this year. For one, India need to win against Sri Lanka in order to maintain their position in the ICC World Cup. Furthermore, a comprehensive 67-run win should not leave those under the carpet. The flat deck of Barsapara notwithstanding one such area was letting Sri Lanka cross the 300-run mark even after the visitors' top-order failure. Rohit admitted that in the post-match presentation, "we started off really well with the bat. It was a great effort for all the batters. The platform was set to play freely for all the batters. We could have bowled slightly better. I don't want to be too critical about it. The dew was not that much, but it was still difficult to bowl. We got w