Rohit Sharma: We were not playing conservative cricket in 2021 T20 World Cup

Captain Rohit Sharma believes the new fearless approach adopted by India in the shortest format will result in occasional failures but disagrees that they were playing conservative cricket during last years T20 World Cup in UAERohit said the new approach provides more freedom to players which has yielded success after the disappointing World Cup campaign where India were eliminated in the league stageWe didnt get the result from the last World Cup but that doesnt mean we played bad cricket all these years and I dont agree we were playing conservative cricket Rohit said ahead of the fivematch T20 series against the West Indies which begins here on FridayIf you lose one or two matches in the World Cup it feels like we were doing this and that we were not taking our chances Its not like that If you look at the overall games that we have played leading into the World Cup we won 80 per cent of our gamesIf we were conservative how can we win so many matches Thats fine that we lost in the World Cup didnt qualify but that happens That doesnt mean we are playing with fear not playing openlyLately we havent made any changes we are doing the same things but the players have been given some freedom to go out and play their own game Play openly no need to take any undue pressure if you play freely performances will showRohit said change is the only constant and the Indian team and its fans too have to move on with timeThere are bound to be occasional failures in the way we are playing cricket now results will not be in our favour but there is no problem in it because we are trying to learn something and trying something differentSo there are scope for mistakes but that doesnt mean the boys are bad the team is bad Its just that we are trying to do something new Everyone has to change with time we are changing so I think people sitting outside also need to change their thinkingAlso Read Rishabh Pant is now the worldrsquos most exciting cricketer Adam GilchristThe India skipper said the team for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia is more or less settled with only a few spots up for grabsThere are a few spots in the team which we need to fill and we know what we need to do fill those spots We are trying to address these things in all these matches we are playing nowEvery series that you play is crucial Of course there are World Cups to look after but every series you play for India is crucial because there is something to look forward to all the time What we achieved in England was special but thats done and we just want to look forward nowRohit said that complacency has no place in any game and their mantra is to keep getting better with every passing dayNot to get complacent about what has happened in the past Its very simple for us we just need to focus on the present day and try and get the job done Its important for us to stay in the moment try and see how we can get the job done The goal for this team has always been how we can keep getting better as a team everyday he saidThe skipper welcomed the move to rope in Paddy Upton as the teams mental conditioning coachHe Upton has got so much experience working with different teams at different places His inclusion in the squad will definitely help all of us He will bring the mental side of the game into the picture Rohit saidHe has worked with the Indian team before for few years He was part of the 2011 World Cupwinning team He has had some success in franchise cricket as well The mental side of the game is very importantThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever