The Indian think-tank is not relying on any individual for their key clash against Pakistan in New York on Sunday.
It was Virat Kohli’s 82 not out off 53 balls in Melbourne which won them the match against Pakistan in the last edition of the T20 World Cup.
“I don’t want to rely on one or two individuals to win us the game. I think all 11 of us needs to contribute. And of course there are key players who are going to play key roles for us,” captain Rohit Sharma said on Saturday.
“But I think everyone needs to chip in with whatever they can in their best possible way. And speaking of Virat... he’s had enough training under his belt. He trained yesterday, didn’t have a great outing in the first game.
“We are not going to look into too much of that. The kind of experience that he has playing all over the world, playing in big tournaments, nothing can beat that. The responsibility lies with everyone.”
The Nassau County ground’s unpredictable pitch is already the talking point
but Rohit is not reading much into it.
“A lot of these guys are quite experienced and you know, the reason they are representing the country is because they are mentally tough... They have everything with them. They are slightly more, you know, I wouldn’t say skilled, but it’s more to do with how mentally they think about it,” the skipper added.
