Asia cup 2022: Lesson learned from defeat but playing against Pakistan will be a challenge, Rohit Sharma

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has said that he has learned from his previous defeat against Pakistan, but facing traditional riva...

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has said that he has learned from his previous defeat against Pakistan, but facing traditional rivals in the Asia Cup will be a challenge.

Both the teams will start their Asia Cup campaign today at 7 pm in Dubai, where India were defeated by Pakistan by 10 wickets in last year's T20 World Cup.

"It's a new tournament, a new start, don't think about what happened in the past and that's how the team moves forward," Rohit Sharma said.

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"Undoubtedly, playing against Pakistan will be a challenge but what is important for us is what we are thinking as a group and what we want to achieve from this tournament," he said.

Last year, Pakistan got their first win against India in the World Cup but Rohit Sharma says they have now put that defeat behind them.

"We definitely talk about our failures because that's how we can improve as a team, that defeat hurt us at the time but I think it's been a long time since we played that game," he said. .

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"We learn from our mistakes, it's a new start for us now and obviously the team has just played a lot of T20 matches, we won't think too much about what happened in October," he said. , it was a long time ago'.

Talking about his meeting with his Pakistani fans in Dubai and the warmth between the players of the two teams, Rohit Sharma said, "It may be unusual for you but not for us".

"We have been seeing this for many years and whenever we go to the ground, cricket fans come to watch the game and meet the players, many of us have experienced this, it is normal," he said. '.

He said, 'Both are good teams in terms of competition on the field and will put up a good quality game whenever they face each other, but I believe this is just a match for both teams. She will try to win'.