Rohit Advises Youngsters To Keep Scoring Runs

Lucknow, Feb 23: India skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday advised young batters to keep scoring runs in the domestic cricket instead of worrying about selection as their opportunity will come in near future. Rohit further pointed out that at times the selection depends on particular combination which a team is looking for.

“A lot of these guys, I know, you got to keep scoring runs, you got to keep your head down and keep doing your job, that is all I can tell them at the moment and that is all we can expect them also to do,” Rohit said at a virtual press conference.

“And there will be a time (when) the opportunity will arise, pretty sure that they will also be focusing on getting more and more runs rather than worrying about if I am getting selected or not and things like that. “A lot of things depend on what sort of combination we have at the moment in our particular squad and what pitches we are playing on, the opposition, and things like that. So, a lot of selection depends on that as well moving forward,” he added.

Rohit also said that he hopes to see further good performances from young batters in the upcoming games. “But like I clearly said there are only three Test matches. For the two Test matches (against Sri Lanka) we have announced the team and there is one Test which will be played in England. We will see about England later,” he said. “All these guys who have got an opportunity to play Ranji Trophy, I’m very happy that they at least got to play Ranji Trophy, which is the most critical from their perspective. I hope we see more and more performances in the next two games as well.” India will take on Sri Lanka in three T20Is and two Tests, starting February 24.