Rohit Sharma blames batters after 10-wicket loss in 2nd ODI

Vizag: India captain Rohit Sharma was left disappointed with his team’s below-par performance in the second ODI against Australia which they surprisingly lost by 10 wickets in Vizag on Sunday.

Put into bat, Team India were bundled out for just 117 in 26 overs after Mitchell Starc took a five-wicket haul and in reply, Australia raced to victory in 11 overs thanks to Mitch Marsh’s destructive 66 not out.

This was India’s heaviest defeat in ODIs in terms of balls to spare (234) after they got bowled out for their lowest total against Australia in 50-overs cricket.

Barring Virat Kohli (31) and Axar Patel (29*), none of the other batters got a start while four Indians got out without even opening their accounts.

Rohit also pointed out that failure in the batting department led to India’s downfall in the match.

If you lose a game, it is just disappointing. We didn’t apply ourselves with the bat. Didn’t put enough runs on the board. It wasn’t a 117 wicket. Kept losing wickets and that didn’t allow us to get the runs we wanted.

“Once we lost Shubman in the first over, myself and Virat got 30-35 runs quickly. But then I lost my wicket and we lost we lost a couple of wickets back to back. That put us on the back foot. It’s always tough to come back from that situation,” Rohit said after the match.

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