Rohith sharma

India
February 23, 2008 11:53am CST
SHARMA is a capable batsmen.He can b considered as future Dravid in the making.India's tri-series squad is packed with youngsters but promising middle order batsman Rohit Sharma refuses that the absence of seniors is putting extra pressure on the youngsters. Sharma admitted that a few youngsters in the side, including him, were in the squad at the expense of some well-known seniors such as Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, but they were taking it as a challenge to make themselves counted. "I wouldn't say it's pressure. It's more of a challenge for us youngsters to do well," Sharma said. The Mumbai batsman reminded that the young brigade had proven itself in the Twenty20 World Cup and said the players were trying their best to make their presence felt in the on-going series as well. "We won the Twenty20 tournament without seniors and we would try to do well in this present series too," he said after the team had nets this morning. Sharma, who made 29 and 0 in the first two games of the tri-series, said more opportunities should be given to youngsters to establish.
3 responses
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
25 Feb 08
I don't know why people always compared a player with others. Why can't we consider something original. Definitely he is a very good player. He has a lot of talent. And he proved it quite a few times. But still he has to go a long way and to compare him with such great players ace a childish act. He is playing well but he has to learn a lot which he will do as the game's experience and only after a series or so we can judge how could he is for the team and how much performance he can deliver consistently for the Indian team. But overall it seems he has the raw talent and he should be nurtured so that he can be a fine prospect of the future.
@jithinsb (518)
• India
25 Feb 08
Dravid in the making...ha.ha.ha.seriously i feel pity on everybody...where is this dravid now??Once he was the captain of Indian cricket team...Once called the Wall..Once called MR.Dependable..Once called ..MR.Consistent..where is he now?? on the rage of anger against the seniors,see what we have done...for each and every failure,we,indians found very privileged to blame the seniors...and praise the youngsters..it is not that we should not praise them..but it should not be done by digging the grave of the experienced and rock solid senior players... Just think how pathetic is the condition of dravid and ganguly now..is THIS the respect we should give to our senior players??who has given so much to our country..we should learn from other countries how one team is supposed to respect and value it's senior players.. I fear what is going to happen to sachin...he is the lone senior now in the team and ,whenever ,wherever ,however india lose,he is the one who is going to be blamed..that is INDIA... And after everyone curses and blames again and again,one day he will have to retire...and i will wait from that day...whom are we going to blame then?? a team without seniors ,without experience...and as everybody that would be the perfect team ..team of youngsters..right?? ok..we will wait and see...what is going to happen.. But i am sure that the day when we realize ,it would be very very late and we all will regret for the respect we are giving for our seniors...There is only one legend in the indian cricket team...SACHIN.....and after him i don't know how we are going to fill the space..or even to fill the space of his shadow...wait and see
@jithinsb (518)
• India
25 Feb 08
Dravid in the making...ha.ha.ha.seriously i feel pity on everybody...where is this dravid now??Once he was the captain of Indian cricket team...Once called the Wall..Once called MR.Dependable..Once called ..MR.Consistent..where is he now?? on the rage of anger against the seniors,see what we have done...for each and every failure,we,indians found very privileged to blame the seniors...and praise the youngsters..it is not that we should not praise them..but it should not be done by digging the grave of the experienced and rock solid senior players... Just think how pathetic is the condition of dravid and ganguly now..is THIS the respect we should give to our senior players??who has given so much to our country..we should learn from other countries how one team is supposed to respect and value it's senior players.. I fear what is going to happen to sachin...he is the lone senior now in the team and ,whenever ,wherever ,however india lose,he is the one who is going to be blamed..that is INDIA... And after everyone curses and blames again and again,one day he will have to retire...and i will wait from that day...whom are we going to blame then?? a team without seniors ,without experience...and as everybody that would be the perfect team ..team of youngsters..right?? ok..we will wait and see...what is going to happen.. But i am sure that the day when we realize ,it would be very very late and we all will regret for the respect we are giving for our seniors...There is only one legend in the indian cricket team...SACHIN.....and after him i don't know how we are going to fill the space..or even to fill the space of his shadow...wait and see