The Indian skipper was speaking about the important partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel when India had slumped to 30-3 initially. The partnership was key in getting India back on track and getting a competitive total on the board.
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Rohit feels that the time spent by the middle order batters, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel, at the crease was important and it will give them confidence as it got India to a competitive total.
The middle order, obviously, are very experienced in terms of the games that they've played, the number of games they've played. But to just get some batting time in the middle and to get those runs and get that fighting total was very, very important from our standpoint: Rohit
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India lost their top-order batters early but the middle order came to the rescue with a fine partnership of 98 runs between Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel. It wasn't an easy wicket to bat on but both the batters took their time and got their eyes in before starting to score freely.
Rohit Sharma reveals Axar Patel's batting role
"Speaking about Axar (Patel), look, that is something that we wanted from him. And the clear message was given to him when we started the ODI series against England, that no matter what the situation is, you will bat at 5," the Indian skipper added.
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The move has worked well so far with Axar having played valuable knocks for his team. His promotion has also made India's batting line-up deeper than before. With Axar at No. 5, KL Rahul has moved down to No. 6.
Important stand between Shreyas Iyer & Axar Patel
They took their time and analyzed the wicket well, thus forming a partnership of 98 runs between them. Axar was dismissed for a well-made 42 off 61 balls which included 3 fours and 1 six.
On the other hand, Iyer scored a fine 79 off 98 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. Their knocks would have given them loads of confidence ahead of the highly important semi-final against Australia which will be played in Dubai on March 4.
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