Rohit Sharma admits he was ‘not at his best in leadership or with bat’ after India’s 0-3 surrender against New Zealand | Cricket News

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma accepted his share of the blame after India’s 0-3 capitulation against New Zealand, where the hosts hit a new low: getting white-washed at home (in a series lasting over three matches) for the first time since they started playing Tests in 1933.
Rohit Sharma admitted to tactical errors in the series and also accepted blame on his lack of form with the bat, his scores in the three Tests read: 2, 52, 0, 8, 18 and 11.
“As a captain, I was not at my best in leading the team, and with the bat as well. That is from a personal point of view,” Rohit Sharma said at the post-match presentation.
The series defeat against New Zealand comes before the Indian cricket team head to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
“Losing a series, losing a Test match is never easy, but [this is] something that is not easily digested… We didn’t play our best cricket. We know that and we accept that. New Zealand played better than us throughout the series. There were lots of makes that we made throughout the series, and we have to accept it,” added Rohit Sharma.
As he began to dissect where things had gone wrong for the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma said: “In the first and the second Test, we didn’t put enough runs on the board in the first innings. And we were very much behind the game. This game, we got that 30 (28)-runs lead and we felt that we were a little bit ahead of the game. That target was chase-able. All we had to do was a little bit of application, which we failed to do as a unit.”
Rohit Sharma ended up scoring 91 runs in his six innings while Virat Kohli ended up with 93 runs in six innings, which will pose creases on the foreheads of the Indian think tank heading into the series against Australia.