Rohit told this reason behind Virat Kohli’s number 3 stunt

Virat Kohli batted at number three for India for the first time in eight years, since Shubman Gill, who usually bats at that position, was forced to miss this game due to a stiff neck. But he did manage to score a nine-ball duck. Day 2 stumps: Rohit Sharma, the captain of India, said that Kohli chose to bat at that position.

“The guys with more experience are the ones who need to assume that additional duty. It’s encouraging. It was Virat this time. That was something he was prepared to accomplish. We inquired about his ability to bat at number three,” Rohit said.

“We intended to offer Sarfraz the spot where he typically bats, which may be four, five, or six. However, we were unwilling to alter Rishabh and KL (Rahul). As a result, Virat batted at three and Sarfraz went at four,” he said.

Henry and O’Rourke bothered the Indian hitters for much of the first innings, which was acknowledged by Rohit.

“Back home, they play in similar circumstances. When things are like way, they know just what to do. Their bowlers really gave our hitters a lot of challenges.

Every other or every third ball, they forced us to play. As a bowling team, you should aim to do that. We chose not to answer that challenge. After giving up a 134-run lead, Rohit was asked how India might get back into the game. “I think for us to stay in the game, we have got to not let them get away with way too many runs,” he said. They are now at 180, or around 140 runs (lead).

“We anticipate the pitch to play like that since the wicket seems to be leveling out a little. “We’ll try to make a game out of it because we have a really big bat in the second inning,” he said.