India skipper Rohit Sharma felt that the clinical 2-0 win over Sri Lanka was a necessary balm to get over the pain of the series loss in South Africa in January.
“Having lost the series in South Africa, it was critical for us to make an impact and get those crucial [ICC] points. The long-term target is to reach the finals of the World Test Championship, but honestly, we cannot look that far ahead,” he said.
“We were missing two of our experienced batters [Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane]… [Hanuma] Vihari batting at a new position was a challenge and so was [Shreyas] Iyer batting at six. But he (Shreyas) showed a lot of maturity in the way he played on challenging wickets.
