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‘Gyaan bahot hai iske paas’ - Fans react as Rohit Sharma emphasises on hardwork to maintain standard ahead of Asia Cup 2023

Here is how fans have reacted as Rohit Sharma talks about hardwork in order to maintain standards in international arena.

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Rohit Sharma is currently not in action after both the recent ODI and Test series in West Indies. However, he will not be a part of the upcoming three-match T20I series in Ireland. Team India's skipper will be seen in action in the upcoming Asia Cup 2023, starting on 30 August.  Now, ahead of the tournament, he came up with a bold statement on maintaining the standard in the international arena.

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While speaking to ACC, he said: "No matter how talented you are or naturally gifted you are, there is no substitute for hard work if you have to maintain the standard". Listening to that, fans shared their views on social media. Recently, Rohit attended a promotional event ahead of the Laliga EA Sports season where he shared that no players are an automatic choice despite quality players like KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are on the way to making a comeback.

“We want to win but at the same time there are a lot of questions for which we need answers.” - Rohit Sharma

He said: “No one is an automatic (selection), even I am not. We cannot say that ‘you are there after all’ or things like that. Yes, some players know that they are going to play, but at this point in time playing three ODIs in the West Indies was a good opportunity to look at a few guys. In the Asia Cup again, we will face good opposition. We want to win but at the same time there are a lot of questions for which we need answers.” 

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“Shreyas and KL are coming off not having played anything for four months, big injuries. I had to undergo surgery once and know how it feels afterwards. We have to see how they respond, what they do. The selection (meeting) will be there in a few days, we will have a good debate about what we can do. But honestly, nobody is an automatic choice – they all have to fight for the spot... In the Asia Cup, I want to see some of the guys batting under pressure against quality teams,” Rohit concluded.

Here is how fans have reacted:

 

 

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