"Cause of concern without doubt": Rohit Sharma

Following the series defeat against New Zealand Team India skipper Rohit Sharma said that the poor form of batsmen is a cause of concern for the national team ahead of the BorderGavaskar TrophyThe iconic BorderGavaskar Trophy is scheduled to begin on November 22 with the first match set to be played in PerthRohit Sharma knows he must bring his Agrade cricket to Australia as he managed to accumulate just 91 runs across three Test matches against New Zealand Stalwart Virat Kohli will also be looking to find himself among the runsVirat Kohli managed a decent score of 70 in the second innings of the first Test against the Kiwis in Bengaluru but failed to make it into double figures in four of his other five hits during the seriesAlso ReadWTC How can India qualify for final after 30 whitewash against New ZealandIts a cause of concern without a doubt If the batters are not performing that is a cause of concern But whats done is done now I think as a player as a captain as a team we all have to look forward and see how we can correct what we didnt manage to achieve here There is a good opportunity for us to go and do something special in Australia Rohit said of the lack of runs from himself and Kohli as quoted by the ICC official websiteRohit Sharma and Co suffered a 30 Test series loss against New Zealand which in return has affected their World Test Championship rankings Further they will lock horns with Australia for the fivematch affair in which they will need to secure victories in at least four matches to make it to the WTC finalIndia was scheduled to take on India A in a threeday practice match ahead of the first Test in Perth on 22 November but Rohit Sharma confirmed the team have since cancelled that contest in favour of match simulation against the same side that will allow their batters to maximise their time in the middle and get used to the conditions in AustraliaLook you know rather than practice match we planned a very match simulation kind of a thing with India A I think sometimes when you play that practice match were travelling with a squad of 19 players and it was only three days that were allotted to us And I dont know how much workload we can get done in those three days in terms of getting everyone prepared the opener saidWe want to maximise this threeday slot that weve got and I feel this is the best way to do it where the batters can have a lot of time in the middle and the bowlers at the same time can get their workload in terms of getting the number of balls bowled in the middle So that was the idea and we will be I think well be training at WACA which is as close to Optus Stadium where you have that bounce and carry So hopefully we can use those three days perfectly and maximise how much ever we can from our point of view the righthand batter addedIndia Test squad to face Australia Rohit Sharma c Jasprit Bumrah vc Yashasvi Jaiswal Abhimanyu Easwaran Shubman Gill Virat Kohli KL Rahul Rishabh Pant wk Sarfaraz Khan Dhruv Jurel wk Ravichandran Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Mohammed Siraj Akash Deep Prasidh Krishna Harshit Rana Nitish Kumar Reddy Washington SundarWith ANI Inputs