The Chennai Test also reached its conclusion in just 4 days. The result was the same in almost every Test played on Indian soil for the last decade. Another easy victory for Team India. The Bangladeshi team certainly troubled India early on but captain Rohit Sharma’s side had a clean sweep. After this win, the captain also recited the success mantra of Team India and this is the same mantra adopted before him in the era of Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri. Rohit, in the language of former coach Shastri, said that the method of this team is to keep the bowling strong, so that there is no need to depend on the situation.
In the first session of the fourth day of the match played in Chennai on Sunday, September 22, Team India bowled out Bangladesh for just 234 runs in the second innings and won the match by a huge margin of 280 runs. Obviously, good batting and bowling contribute equally to such a big win, but in Test cricket most of the time a win comes only when a team takes all 20 wickets of its opponent and this requires good bowling. This has been the biggest reason for the Indian team’s dominance in Test cricket in the last decade.
Rohit reminded me of Ravi Shastri
Virat Kohli along with Ravi Shastri adopted this formula in his captaincy and now Rohit Sharma is also taking the team forward based on this basic mantra in his captaincy. After the win in Chennai, Rohit repeated this and said something that reminded him of Ravi Shastri. A few years back, after Team India’s win in a match, Shastri had said – ‘To hell with the pitch… I just believe there should be bowlers in the team who can take the full 20 wickets’. After the win in Chennai on Sunday, Rohit also said that the mantra of the team’s success is that the team should be based on strong bowling to take the full 20 wickets, so that the team does not depend on the circumstances.
Good use of all types of bowling
Team India is scheduled to travel to Australia later this year, where they won the historic series in the last two consecutive tours. The main reason for this was the team’s strong bowling. Rohit pointed this out and said that whether his team plays in India or away, the conditions do not matter, so he wants to prepare the same team. Referring to the success of recent years, he said that Team India used every option from spin to fast bowling and got results.
