Some relatively inexperienced young Indian batters are taking on South Africa in challenging conditions, but captain Rohit Sharma believes they should at one point be ready for the task.
“We have to accept what is in front of us, whether it is two Test matches or five Test matches and have to play it,” he said. “About these three guys (Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer), they have been around the team for a number of years. At some stage, they all need to get exposed to conditions like this, bowling like this, they all have to do it. We all have done it.”
Rohit said it was also an opportunity. “I am sure they have learnt a lot from the first game they have played,” he said. “It is challenging, but that is what Test cricket is about.”
