Skipper Rohit Sharma wants his team to defend totals successfully as India aim to improve their T20I rankings in the series against Bangladesh beginning today.

India captain Rohit Sharma during a practice session on the eve of the first T20I against Bangladesh in New Delhi on Saturday. Pic/PTI
-By Shalabh Manocha
New Delhi: Twelve years ago, a 20-year-old boy from Borivli waited in the Kingsmead stadium's dugout in Durban for his chance to bat as his then-senior teammate Yuvraj Singh played one his most famous T20 knocks against England in the inaugural World T20. Rohit Sharma wouldn't get a chance to bat on his debut.