Rohit Sharma praises Team India youngsters: 'The responses that I get from them is quite encouraging'

India captain Rohit Sharma was delighted with the performance of Indian youngsters as the hosts clinched the Test series against England on Monday with a five-wicket win at Ranchi. Chasing 195, India were reduced to 120/5 on Day 4 of the fourth Test before 24-year-old Shubman Gill and 23-year-old forged a match-winning unbeaten 72-run stand. During their partnership, Jurel and Gill went through a period where they did not score a boundary in 31 overs.

Skipper Rohit was impressed with the temperament shown by the young players and added that it was a good sign for India.

“Clearly tells me that they want to be here (on youngster),” Rohit said at the post-match presentation ceremony. “All the hard work that they have done in the past, in the growing-up years, coming through the whole circuit of playing domestic cricket, playing the local club cricket and performing there, and then coming here…Obviously it’s a big challenge to play Test cricket. We all know that. But these guys, when I look at them, when I talk to them, the responses that I get from them is quite encouraging.”

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Rohit said that he was “proud” of everyone in the dressing room as the team did not yield to pressure.

“It’s been a very hard-fought series without a doubt. To come on the right side of it at the end of four Test matches feels really, really good. Really proud of everyone in the dressing room. There were a lot of challenges thrown at us, but I thought we responded pretty well to different challenges in different Test matches. I thought we were quite composed in what we wanted to achieve and what we wanted to do on the field,” he said.

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