50-Overs Cricket and Tournaments Ind Vs SL

It's about hunger

for runs: Rohit

Bulawayo: Having guided India to a thumping seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma on Sunday attributed his red-hot form tohis hunger for runs. Rohit slammed his second successive century in the ongoing tri-series tohelp India put their campaign back on track with a seven-wicket crushing defeat of Sri Lanka here. The Mumbai batsman was delighted withhis match winning performance.

        "It's always nice to get consecutive hundreds, I need to continue with the good form. It's just that I am hungrier for runs," Rohit, adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his 100-ball unbeaten 101, said after the match. "It was nice pitch to bat on, the balls were coming on to bat. But it was also a two paced pitch and some balls not coming nicely. You need to adjust and play shots accordingly," he added. Rohit had hit 114 against Zimbabwe on Friday in India's campaign opener and said the joy of hitting the century was killed by the defeat.

         Indian skipper Suresh Raina, for whom Sunday's win was the first as captain, was all praise for the two batsmen but singled out Rohit for special praise."We first bowled well and Rohit and Virat then batted well. Bck-to-back hundreds is always special. Both Rohit and kohli batted brilliantly but man of the show was Rohit," he said. Sir Lankan captain Tillkaratne Dilshan rued that they did not put enough runs on the board.

       "When you have 240 runs on the board, you have to bowl in the right areas. It could have been different had we got 280-290 runs on the board. The two run-outs really cost us," he siad.

          "There was no help (from the wicket) for the fast bowlers or spinners. They (India) batted well. Now we need to win next match on Tuesday to stay in tournament," he added.