PUNE: "We are allowed to have two bad matches after doing so well, especially at home over the years." This was captain Rohit Sharma summing up the defeat to New Zealand as India's formidable home-win record, stretching back more than a decade, came to an end here on Saturday.
"It's necessary to be sad. But not in a bad way and do things that can harm us. We need to change our batting approach slightly, not completely," Rohit said. Rohit probably won't approve of the word 'self-destructive' when it comes to describing India's batting for a large part of this series. "We first want to win the matches, not draw them. We have the ability to bat three days in a Test. But if we do that, we will win the game," he said.
