There are lot of areas for improvement, particularly death bowling: Rohit

TIL Desk Sports/India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday admitted that death bowling remains an area of concern for the team going into next month’s T20 World Cup but hoped that the bowlers will find their groove soon. India’s death bowling came a cropper in the last few matches in the Asia Cup, leading to the team’s early exit. In the opening game of the three-match T20 series, India couldn’t defend 208 as Australia scored 53 in last three overs to register a four wicket win.

“There are a lot of areas, particularly, our death bowling coming to the party,” Rohit said when asked about the areas of concern for the team during the post-match presentation. “Those two (Harshal and Bumrah) are coming after a long time. Knowing their (Australia’s) middle and lower order is tough to bowl at, I don’t really want to look into that.

“They are coming after a break, they will take time. Hopefully, they can get back in the groove.” Both Harshal patel and Jasprit Bumrah are returning after a long injury lay-off, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar too has erred in the back end. However, Rohit said he was happy with overall performance of the side as they beat Australia by six wickets to clinch the series 2-1 on Sunday.