T20 World Cup: Open to changing playing XI in every match, says Rohit Sharma | Cricket News

MELBOURNE: India captain Rohit Sharma believes in flexibility in the XI and is not averse to the idea of ​​making one or two changes in each match during India’s T20 World Cup campaign, which starts here on Sunday.

While India has used 29 cricketers in T20Is in the last one year, some by choice and some by design, the captain wants his team to be a mix, where players will be picked up instinctively and also based on available database (match -ups).
“There are times like this when we don’t have much information about how teams have done at this time of the year. Sometimes you depend on your instincts and pick the player on current form and how he is doing,” Rohit said on Saturday ahead of their much-awaited opening match against arch-rivals Pakistan.

“But we also study a lot of data. I’m open about my playing eleven. I don’t mind having one or two changes per game in the playing eleven.”
The Indian captain did not hesitate to admit that they have not done well in major ICC tournaments and he termed it as a challenge rather than pressure.

“Pressure is constant. I call it a challenge to win against Pakistan. We also haven’t won an ICC event for nine years and with a team like this it’s disappointing,” Rohit added.