IND v WI | Have to be at our best against Kieron Pollard’s West Indies, admits Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma paid the ultimate compliment to Kieron Pollard, admitting that India will need to be at their best to beat the West Indies side led by his Mumbai Indians’ teammate. Rohit expects India to rectify their mistakes from the previous game and stick to their plan in the decider tomorrow.
Long-time colleagues Rohit and Pollard will enter familiar turf at the Wankhede Stadium tomorrow, except this time, the two will be on opposing sides. With everything still to play for, the Men in Blue have their task cut out against a visiting side that dominated them only a couple of days back. Rohit credits quite a lot of this transformation in the West Indies side to the capable leadership of Pollard.Â
"I know Pollard really well and he has great knowledge about the game. I know as a leader what he would be expecting from the team. Under his leadership, it is a different team that we are seeing now, so yes, we have to be at our best when we play them," Rohit told PTI on the eve of the third T20I on Wednesday.
Though the series scoreline reads 1-1, Rohit agrees that the Windies have been the better side for a majority of the two matches. And given the eight-wicket win at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, the momentum is well and truly with the visitors.
"They are very unpredictable as a team, you never know what they can come up with on a given day like we saw the other day. Even the first game, they played very well and it was Virat's (Kohli) brilliance that got us over. But with West Indies, this is always expected and they play well as a team," Rohit said.
Skipper Virat Kohli had called for higher standards in the fielding department, while Rohit expects the team to improve on all three fronts. The vice-captain, who has had two low scores in the series thus far, will look to have a bigger impact on his team’s fortunes on his home ground tomorrow.Â
"We have got to stick to our plans, back it and execute it in the middle. Last game we made some mistakes on the field, whether it was with the bat, ball and also on the field. We know where we lacked as a team so we just need to tighten up in those areas and make sure that those mistakes are not repeated again and again," Rohit added.
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