Rohit Sharma reveals the reason behind slow start against Netherlands

Rohit Sharma: (Image Source: Twitter)

India have made a pretty good start to their 20-20 World Cup 2022 campaign. The 4-wicket win over Pakistan made helped them earn their first points, while a 56-run win over the Netherlands on Thursday took them to the number one position in Group 2.

India put in a clinical performance in their second match against the Netherlands on Thursday. Riding on crucial half-centuries from Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and Rohit Sharma, India managed to notch a 179-run total in the first innings. In reply, the Netherlands were restricted to a paltry 123.

Skipper Rohit Sharma was happy with how the team performed against the Netherlands. Both the batters and bowled did their job to perfection and the Indian skipper called it as a ‘near perfect’ win.

"Lucky for us, we had a few days to get over that special win. As soon as the game got over, we came to Sydney and regrouped. We have to move on now, and the focus was on this game where we wanted to come out and get those two points. I thought it was a clinical win," Rohit said at the post match presentation.

"Looking at the way they have qualified for the Super 12s, credit to them. We however always looked to what we can do with ourselves, not bother about the opposition. To be honest, this was a near-perfect win."

It wasn’t easy for the Indian batter to score runs easily in the first half of the innings. Rohit Sharma ended up scoring 53 runs but it wasn’t the most convincing knock from him. Acknowledging the same at the post-match presentation, Rohit Sharma said:

"Yes, we played a little slow at the start but that was the conversation between me and Virat, we had to wait on that surface to play the big shots. Not too happy with my fifty, but what's important is getting runs - doesn't matter if they are good looking runs or ugly runs. At the end of the day, it is about keeping the confidence up," Rohit added.

India will next play against South Africa on Sunday in their third Group 2 encounter.