Birmingham: The Indian cricket team, captained by Rohit Sharma, on Saturday clinched the series by winning the second consecutive match of the three-match series against England. This is the Indian team’s fourth consecutive T20 series win against England. In the first match of the series, India won by 50 runs. After this, Rohit Sharma’s army was successful in winning the second match by a margin of 49 runs.

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Difficult to beat England at home

After thrashing England at home, Rohit Sharma said, We are all well aware of how difficult it is to beat them at home. Not only in England, he does well wherever he goes. We knew very well that he would be facing a tough challenge from him. We did what we wanted to do, we were very clear in mind as to what we had to do with the bat and the bowling.

Team’s confidence increases with victory

Responding to a question about a great start as the captain of Team India, the Indian skipper said, “When you win matches, your confidence increases and you feel good as a team or a group.” Your confidence as a group also increases. According to me, it is very important how the players of the team are feeling. Which is good now. We want to move on from where we are finishing the match and focus on what lies ahead for us.

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want to challenge myself

Rohit Sharma further said, I am excited to see what we do next after this win, we want to maintain the winning momentum. Want to constantly challenge myself as a group.

Jadeja was full of confidence

Praising Jadeja, the hitman said, Jadeja played a brilliant innings under pressure. When he came to bat, we had lost five wickets for ninety runs. We had a partnership and needed a player to stay on the pitch till the end. Jadeja took advantage of his experience. He recently scored a century on this ground. He seemed overconfident for what he wanted to do. And was calm on the field and playing with patience. It never felt like he was panicking or panicking. The score we reached seemed to me to be good enough on this pitch to win. We did well with the batting as well as the bowling.

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Rohit Sharma talks about laying the groundwork for England’s victory by taking three crucial wickets

Rohit was all about laying the groundwork for England’s win in the Powerplay by taking three crucial wickets, be it batting or bowling. We always want to put pressure on the opposition by taking wickets and scoring runs. We did well in the powerplay in both the matches. And want to continue this and give the players the confidence to do what they want to do on the field. Our eyes are now on the next match.

Will change the team if needed

Regarding giving opportunities to young players in the third and final match, Rohit Sharma said, “We want to give some chances to the players sitting on the bench. I will go back and discuss it with the coach and know what he thinks about it. If need be, we will definitely make some changes.

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Moving in the right direction for the World Cup

Regarding the preparations for the World Cup, Rohit Sharma said, we are moving in the right direction. I see only one bottleneck and that is that we are not able to take this performance forward. We have to move forward keeping the winning momentum intact.