“The boys have a lot of fire”

Team India captain Rohit Sharma has opened up about reports of leaked dressing room conversations in the wake of their 184-run defeat in the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). With the defeat, the visitors blew their chance to win three consecutive Border-Gavaskar Trophies in Australia.

Reports emerged that head coach Gautama Gambhir criticized the Indian players for not taking enough responsibility. Gambhir had earlier refuted all such reports, saying that only “honest words” were shared in the locker room.

Rohit also downplayed the incident in an interview with Star Sports during the lunch break on Day 2. He said:

“Guys have a lot of fire. You can only control what you have in your hands and not what is reported.”

Indian cricketers will be desperate to put all the rumors behind them and win again in Sydney, with a place in the World Test Championship final hanging by the thread.

“If you push us, they will bounce back” – Rohit Sharma on the heated exchange between Jasprit Bumrah and Sam Konstas

A verbal battle took place at the end of the day’s play when Jasprit Bumrah appeared upset with Sam Konstas and Usman KhawajaTime wasting tactics.

The ace speedster said a few words when Khawaja stopped Bumrah mid-bowling. Konstas also intervened and exchanged words with India’s stand-in captain. Tension erupted as the duo walked towards each other before the referee had to intervene to stop them.

Sharing his opinion on the incident, Rohit Sharma stated that they do not start verbal battles but they know how to bounce back if someone pushes.

“Our boys, as long as they are quiet, they are quiet. If they hit us, they will recover. Our boys have class, we concentrate on our job. We knew that if we got wickets, we would put pressure on them,” he said. aggregate.

It is worth noting that India had the last laugh in the verbal battle when Jasprit Bumrah induced an edge from Usman Khawaja on the last ball of Day 1 to push Australia back.