Change your attitude as soon as you lose! This time Rohit Sharma did not say 'use the sword' but came remembering the victory numbers.

New Delhi. New Zealand defeated India by 113 runs in the Pune Test. With this the Indian team lost the test series. For the first time after 12 years, it happened that India lost a Test series at home. The blow was severe and its direct impact was visible on Rohit Sharma whose attitude has changed after the defeat of Pune. When India lost in Bengaluru and Rohit Sharma came for the press conference, he made a start which hardly any captain does. Rohit said to use the sword… But this time when Rohit came to the press conference, he neither asked to use the sword nor retorted on any question.

Rohit Sharma knew that when he had said 'Chalo Talwar' in Bengaluru, he had put the journalists on the backfoot by saying so. Journalists also did not ask any such aggressive questions. What was hidden in the questions was what Rohit wanted. The thing hidden in most of the questions was that this is the first mistake. There are always wins and losses in sports. When Rohit came for the press conference after Pune's defeat, he knew that he had already played the trump card of Chalao Talwar. This time only defense is going to help. Rohit had come fully prepared for this.

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Count the records one by one
Usually, whenever records are talked about to any big cricketer or captain, the answer is that they do not play for records or they do not know about the records. But this time Rohit Sharma remembered all the records. He counted all the records one by one in the press conference. He said, 'We have won 18 series at home… I was watching TV when I came to know that we have won 42 out of the last 54 Tests… We have lost the first Test series in 12 years…'

Defeat in 12 years is acceptable…
Rohit Sharma said, 'We had recently defeated Bangladesh and England. There were mostly new boys in the team against England. Still we won. So there is nothing to worry about. I am not going to do any post mortem after this defeat. The other team also sees us and comes prepared. This time his plan worked. We played poorly. But this does not mean that we should question the entire process or the team. This is the same team which has been winning continuously. Losing one Test series in 12 years is okay.

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