India must be at best to beat Bangladesh - Rohit
India have to play their best cricket if they are to come back in the
three-match one-day series against Bangladesh, said batsman Rohit Sharma
Saturday ahead of the second match Monday. India trail Bangladesh 0-1 in
the series after they lost the first one day international by 79 runs on
Thursday.
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Bangladesh cricket coach Chandika Hathurusingha speaks to
the press during a practice session at The Sher-e-Bangla
National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on June 20, 2015. AFP |
"They are playing some good cricket off late," said Rohit in Mirpur.
"We can't take any team for granted. With the current form with them, we
have to be at our best.
"From our point of view it's very important that we stick to our game
plan." Rohit top-scored for India with 63 in the first match as the
visitors floundered to 228 all out, replying to Bangladesh's 307 at the
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
"We knew what went wrong in the first match. We will think about it
and when we come back and play the second ODI it will be a different
Indian side. "We have got certain plans coming their way, hopefully we
will try and execute those plans and things will work in our favour
then.
The Indian opener -- the only player to score two double centuries in
ODI cricket -- added that despite being behind in the series they are
not feeling any pressure. "There is no pressure. We just need to come
and play the way we have been playing," he said. "We just have to get
our basics right and be a little more aggressive.
"This is the same Indian team that played in the World Cup, so I
don't see any reason why we cannot change the results in our favour."
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha said he was not satisfied
with the performance of the team in the last match despite they won the
game. "Although we won, that's the scary part," said Hathurusingha. "We
still can improve, not only batting we can improve in our fielding and
bowling execution as well."
Bangladesh, who beat Pakistan 3-0 in their previous series, started
well, putting 102 runs in 13.4 overs before a middle-order collapse
stemmed the run flow. "I think we played much better against Pakistan,
some of the matches. So I think we are looking to improve in the next
two games," said Hathurusinghe.
The third and final ODI will be held at the same ground in Mirpur on
June 24.
(AFP)
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