"Need To Have Application...": Rohit Sharma On Secret Of Success On Indian Pitches

Led by Rohit Sharma, Team India defeated Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur.

India captain Rohit Sharma feels there were no demons in the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium pitch and said that application and planning are important for succeeding on spin-friendly sub-continent wickets. Before the start of the opening Test, which India won by an innings and 132 runs on Saturday, the Australian media had started debating the pitch, stating that the hosts had prepared a rank-turner to unsettle the left-handed batters in the touring side.

But Rohit, who scored 120 runs in India's 400 all out in reply to Australia's 177 in the first innings, said a batter needs to adopt a few unorthodox ways to score on such surfaces.

"The last few years, the kind of pitches we are playing in India, you need to have application and some sort of plan to score runs," said Rohit after India's win inside three days, which gave them a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.