Rohit Sharma praises 'classy' Gill, Shami after six-wicket win over Bangladesh

Skipper Rohit Sharma showered praise on his deputy Shubman Gill and veteran pacer Mohammed Shami for coming up with gamechanging performances against Bangladesh in Indias Champions Trophy 2025 opener against Bangladesh here on Thursday Gill made an unbeaten hundred and Shami walked away with a fivewicket haul as India registered a sixwicket win over Bangladesh at the DICSWeve been in that situation many times before and like I said many times in the past theres a lot of experience in that dressing room to handle that composure where its needed and KL Rahul and Shubman Gill at the end were quite composed Rohit said during the postmatch presentation Rohit heaped praise on player of the match GillGill we know the class that he has hes been batting brilliantly of late and today what he showed us with the bat shouldnt surprise anyone he said What was good to see that he was there till the end to make sure that he sees off the game Rohit added Rohit also lauded Shami for his fivefor that helped the pacer to complete 200 wickets in ODIs Yeah very happy for him It has been a long time waiting we obviously know what he brings to us Rohit saidThe quality that he has the kind of match winner he is developing himself into for us every time we throw the ball at him hes got something up his sleeves which is always nice and we need guys like these to stand up in big moments he added Rohit said India expect the pitch here at the Dubai International Stadium to remain slow for their next Champions Trophy clash against Pakistan on February 23 Very hard to say that Rohit replied when asked if his side thought the pitch behaved as per their expectationsIts just one game very hard to make anything out of the track but we knew theres not enough grass on the pitch and it is going to be on the slower side and that is exactly how the pitch played he said But again you play according to the conditions You try and think about what you want to do as a team and I thought we adapted to the conditions really well to start with our bowling India were off to a brisk start but were forced to change their approach midway through the innings and Rohit admitted his side was under pressure chasing 229With the bat as well yes we were under pressure a little bit But when youre playing a game like this in the Champions Trophy against a quality team youre bound to be under pressure and that is where the experience comes into play he said The Mumbaikar said he was not happy with the dropped catch of Jaker Ali 68 which denied Axar Patel a hattrick May take him for dinner tomorrow he quipped It was an easy catch I should have taken that catch the standard that I have set for myself standing in the first slip that was a little disappointing but these things happen Rohit added But again the way these guys bowled that set the game for us to be honest I know they were 36 for five and then they got a big partnershipThese things are bound to happen there will be partnerships credit to Towhid Hridoy and Jaker Ali they played brilliantly to stitch that big partnership he said Gill termed his 101 not out as one of the most satisfying innings for himself Definitely it was one of my most satisfying innings that Ive played and my first century in an ICC event so very satisfying and very happy with the way I performed he saidWhen myself and Rohit bhai went out there cutting the ball wasnt that easy because the balls outside the off stump werent coming onto the bat So I thought of using my feet to even the fast bowlers when Im trying to go over the circle he said When the when the spinners came on me and Virat bhai were talking about in the middle that its not easy to score signals off the front foot he added Gill said he was asked to finish off the match At one point there was a bit of pressure on us and the message was sent from outside that I have to try to be at the end and thats what I tried to do he saidWith agency inputs