Rohit Sharma and his team faced a security scare, hotel lockdown, and overwhelming fan frenzy. And yet, what followed was one of India's most dramatic wins ever.
A determined Indian team slogged it out in the nets at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium in Rajkot.
Parth Jindal revealed that their skipper Rishabh Pant wanted to have the pacer in the team.
'Over the years, I have played under different captains. I know the mindset of every single captain whom I have played under and I also understand what players need and their mindset.'
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Even as the conditions changed, bright sunshine alternating with gloom, the Indian batters gritted their teeth and fought it out.
Pant said at this point he feels emotionally overwhelmed while talking about his dynamics with the 2011 World Cup winner.
'Even if he is being hard on you, you know that it's not coming from his heart, it is coming from a team perspective.'
Pant has scored 31 runs off 30 balls and has been dismissed three times by the leggie. Also, his strike rate against the KKR spinner is just 103.3.
Pant rushed to pick up his bat, patted it before planting a kiss on it.
'There was a time when I was in a quality over quantity mindset in international cricket and did not hit enough balls. Now I am back to enjoying hitting a lot of balls in the nets.'
The national selectors on Sunday retained the Indian team, which hammered Bangladesh by 280 runs in the opening Test here, for the second and final match in Kanpur.
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'He is more than ready I guess. He seems to be doing the job for us'
'I don't have a problem with the 'keeper talking, but not when the bowler is about to bowl. You've got to zip it then.'
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