Rohit Sharma said India needs to be on top of their game to beat Australia in their upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Rohit has gone through a difficult phase in his career after New Zealand beat them 3-0 at home. On Sunday, the hosts suffered a 25-run defeat at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium as Rohit became the first Indian captain to lose a Test series 3-0 at home.

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Rohit, 37, admitted that the Test series against Pat Cummins’ Australia would not be easy by any means. But the skipper said India would take confidence from their victories in their last two Test series in Australia. He also said that India is fully focused on the Australia series and not beyond that.

“We are not going to look beyond Australia”

“It is important to focus on the next series, which is against Australia. A lot of our guys have been there before and a lot of them haven’t, so we are trying to get there a little early to get used to the conditions,” Rohit said in the post-match press conference.

“Australia is not an easy place to play cricket, but we can take a lot of confidence from how we played there in the last two series. Deep down, we have to think like this, we will think positively about what happened in the last two series we played in Australia. But I am not going to look beyond the Australia series because it is very, very important for us,” Rohit added.

With the defeat against the Black Caps, India also slipped from the top spot in the points table. in the final of the 2023-25 ​​World Test Championship. To qualify for the final without depending on other results, India needs to win four Tests in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and draw one game.

India are scheduled to begin their campaign in Australia with the Perth Test from November 22.