Try GOLD - Free
Can struggling Sharma step up as captain?
The New Indian Express Vellore
|December 12, 2024
IT was day three of the Pune Test against New Zealand. Having lost the home Test series 3-0, a dejected Rohit Sharma addressed the media.
For the first time in 12 years, India had lost a series at home. They had won 18 consecutive Test series in India, losing only four Tests at home prior to the Pune game. A win percentage of 77.77 in 54 Tests with 42 wins.
The magnitude of the loss was such that Sharma was facing some tough questions. While acknowledging what went wrong and taking responsibility, Sharma said he and the team wanted to focus on good things that they had done well for so long. He went on to say, "We are allowed one such performance in 12 years. If we were collapsing like this on a regular basis then we would not have been winning at home. We have a lot of expectations. We are expected to win every game at our home, and it is because of our performances."
This story is from the December 12, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM The New Indian Express Vellore
The New Indian Express Vellore
WELFARE AS SOCIAL JUSTICE
From Basavanna to Ambedkar: the philosophy behind the guarantees
7 mins
May 05, 2026
The New Indian Express Vellore
FROM GUARANTEES TO GOVERNANCE
Karnataka’s expanding footprint in welfare, reform, and economy
7 mins
May 05, 2026
The New Indian Express Vellore
Three die on Atlantic cruise ship from suspected hantavirus infection
THREE people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, the WHO said Sunday, one a confirmed case of hantavirus—an illness usually transmitted to humans from rodents.
1 mins
May 05, 2026
The New Indian Express Vellore
Thahiliya is IUML's first woman MLA
TAKING ON CPM heavyweight and LDF convenor T P Ramakrishnan, IUML’s Fathima Thahiliya secured 81,429 votes in the assembly elections in Perambra — sealing the contest with a margin of over 5,000 votes.
1 min
May 05, 2026
The New Indian Express Vellore
Pixxel and Sarvam to launch orbital AI satellite
INDIA may soon enter into a new phase of computing, with its first homegrown large language model (LLM) potentially being trained in space as early as this year.
1 min
May 05, 2026
The New Indian Express Vellore
That sinking feeling! Will CPM's 'Captain' go down with the ship?
THE Left has been dealt its biggest electoral thrashing in the recent past.
1 mins
May 05, 2026
The New Indian Express Vellore
Of 59 women contested, 7 won
Kunki Chowdhury, Gyanashree Bora
1 min
May 05, 2026
The New Indian Express Vellore
BJP storms Didi fort of Presidency and Abhishek’s South Bengal fief
In a change to political landscape, shift most visible in Presidency region where BJP climbed from zero to 55
2 mins
May 05, 2026
The New Indian Express Vellore
Stalin gets Kolathur shocker, joins short list of CMs to taste defeat on home turf
BY losing Kolathur, M K Stalin becomes only the third sitting chief minister to lose in their own constituency.
2 mins
May 05, 2026
The New Indian Express Vellore
‘They've beaten me up,’ says Mamata amid high drama in Bhabanipur
HOURS before Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost from Bhabanipur, the constituency witnessed high-voltage drama between Monday afternoon and evening as she and her rival, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, converged at the Sakhawat Memorial Girls’ High School, where counting was underway.
1 min
May 05, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size