'Maze Lene Do Unko': Rohit Sharma Reacts After Bangladesh Captain's 'Will Try to Win Both Tests' Claim - WATCH

India will face Bangladesh in a two-match Test series at home, which is set to start on Thursday (September 19) in Chennai. Ahead of the series opener at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma attended a press conference on Tuesday, during which he said that every team wants to beat India, but the hosts are not bothered about what others say.

According to him, England also said a lot of things during the five-match Test series earlier this year, but India’s focus is always on its own game.

“Bangladesh ke baare mein dekhiye. Sab team ko India ko harana hai. India ko harane mei maza aata hai. Maze lene do unko. But humara kaam hai jo humko karna jo hai ki hume match kaise jeetna hai. Hum ye nahi soch sakte ki humare saamne jo team khel rahi hai vo humare bare mein kya soch rahi hai. Unka thinking kya hai. (Every team wants to beat India; they all enjoy that; let them enjoy. Our job is to win the match. We can’t think what others think about us).”

England bhi jab yaha par aaye the, unhone bhi kaafi baat-cheet kari press conferences mein but humne koi uss cheej par focus kiya nahi utna. Humare ko jaruri tha ki hum results ko humari taraf kaise laaye. Toh humari kosish abhi bhi yahi rahegi ki cricket kaise ache tarike se khele. Jyada opposition ke barey mein naa soche (When England came, they also spoke a lot in the press conferences, but we do not focus on that. We try to play good cricket and not think too much about opposition).”

Kyuki abhi aap teams ki baat karo toh sab team ke saamne Indian ne cricket khela hai, toh alag se koi strategy banana ki jarurat nahi hai. Koi 1-2 naye ladke aate hai team mein toh unke barey mei thoda sa aap soch ke you can move forward. But chahe Bangladesh ho, Australia ho, England ho, Zimbabwe ho, Kenya ho, New Zealand ho, ya koi bhi ho. Aap teams k saamne itna cricket khelte ho toh apko kuch alag cheej karne ki jarurat nahi padti. 1-2 log naye aate hai team mein unke barey mei aap discuss karo aur aage badho. Toh humari kosish bhi inke saamne aisi he rahegi ki hum humare game par focus kare.”

Rohit Sharma being Rohit Sharma in Press Conference pic.twitter.com/Rckq4bTMHF

Rohit’s reaction came after Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said that his team will try to win both matches against the Indian team in the upcoming series.

“This will be a challenging series for us but after having a good series against Pakistan, there is an extra confidence in our team as well as among all the people of the country,” Najmul told reporters in Bangladesh on Sunday before departing for India.

“Every series is an opportunity and we will play to win both the matches. (We will focus on) the things that we need to do for the win…the process is important and we need to do our job properly.”