'It's a challenge I'm facing with these guys' - Rohit Sharma reveals his biggest challenge while captaining India

Rohit Sharma (Source: Twitter)

India crushed Australia by a massive margin of an innings and 132 runs in the first Test in Nagpur and took a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. Indian spinners were seen in full form as Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja picked up eight and seven wickets in the match respectively. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Indian Captain Rohit Sharma revealed the difficulty in managing the star Indian spinners who were not willing to let go of the ball at any point during the match.

Rohit stated that both Ashwin and Jadeja are well aware of their milestones and always ask for overs when they’re close to breaking them.

“It's tough (to handle three spinners). They are always inching towards their milestones. Jadeja was telling me, mereko ball do, I need 1 wicket to reach 250. Ashwin had picked up four wickets, he was closing in on five wickets, and he wanted to bowl. That is the challenge I am facing at the moment with these guys. I don't know too much about the milestones but these guys are quite aware of it. These guys are of real quality. The pressure is always on me to find the right end for them," Rohit said in the post-match press conference on Saturday.

The Indian captain further revealed he looks at match-ups while deciding which bowler to choose against a particular batter.

"I always try to find the right match-up. Ashwin has a great match-up against left-handers. Axar and Jadeja have unbelievable numbers against right-handers," he said.

Ashwin dismissed all four left-handers in Australia's top seven in the second innings.

Rohit also compared Ashwin, Jadeja and Axar Patel with Australia's fast-bowling trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.

It's like captaining Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc in Australia: Rohit Sharma

"It's like captaining Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc in Australia. When you have the quality of Ashwin, Axar and Jadeja, who have played in India for so many years, have grown up playing on pitches like these, it's always a blessing. They never disappoint. The conditions are there, yes but you have to come out and utilise those conditions because the pitch is the same for both teams, it's not only for us,” Rohit said.

"They know what to do on these pitches, where to bowl, which areas to hit and how to keep applying that pressure by keeping the field right," he concluded. After winning the first Test, India will look to continue their winning momentum in the second Test to be played from 17^th February at Arun Jaitely Stadium, Delhi.