Indian men’s cricket team will have to perform at the 2024 T20 World Cup under the burden of tremendous expectations having not won an ICC title since 2013. They came very close at home six months ago before coming up short against Australia in the 2023 Cricket World Cup final. The players took time to recover from that heartbreaking loss, including skipper Rohit Sharma.
Considering that burden, what kind of mindset will the team carry into the tournament?
“I have thought a lot about this thing. I am just going to go and play the way I can and get everyone together to play as a team. I will be focusing on that. Everyone in the team have their own way of dealing with tournaments like World Cup and I’m sure they’ll take the right calls as well.
“But for me, it’s important not to look too far ahead. Just think about what we need to do tomorrow, play the game well and then take it from there. Not think too much and put pressure on yourself,” said Rohit.
The warm-up match against Bangladesh on Saturday must have given them a slight idea of the drop-in pitches on the makeshift New York stadium but the real test awaits them. In the first match of the venue between South Africa and Sri Lanka, the latter were bowled out for 77 which raised eyebrows over the wicket.
The pitch will pose a great challenge for the Indian batters due to its low bounce and slow nature. Apart from the pitch, the game will give the Indian team a real picture of their preparations before taking on arch-rivals Pakistan at the same venue on Sunday.
He is also excited about playing in New York for the first time.
“We never thought cricket in America will be played at any given stage. But now that we are here, it’s a different feeling, right? From the time you arrived in New York, pending only 10 minutes at immigration, which is very rare, doesn’t happen.
“So you can make out that the buzz is there, even the locals here are quite intrigued by a cricket tournament happening, a world cup happening here, because we go to the cafes and all, there are a lot of locals who come there and wish us the best. We’ve been to Florida, but this is different.
“All of us who are playing here we will try to leave a mark on this city and the people of US as well,” he added.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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