SYDNEY, Nov 26: Australian skipper Aaron Finch on Thursday said India have enough quality in their ODI squad to replace a great batsman like Rohit Sharma, who is back home nursing a hamstring injury.
Rohit, who suffered the injury during the IPL, is only expected to feature in the Test series starting December 17.
The in-form Mayank Agarwal is likely to open with Shikhar Dhawan in Rohit�s absence in the ODI series beginning from Friday.
�He is obviously a great player and someone who has had quite a bit of success against us in the past. It (Rohit�s injury) is unfortunate,� Finch said in a virtual media interaction ahead of the series opener.
�You want to play against the best players all the time but whoever he is going to replace him, possibly Mayank, he has been in great form as well. So you take away a lot of experience but you also bring in another quality player.�
Finch was Virat Kohli�s team-mate at Royal Challengers Bangalore during the IPL and was asked if he noticed any weaknesses in Indian skipper�s game.
�He doesn�t have too many to be honest. If you look at his record it is second to none. We have to keep looking to get him out. When you go away from that and look to contain players you can sort of miss a trick there,� Finch said. � PTI
SYDNEY, Nov 26: Australian skipper Aaron Finch on Thursday said India have enough quality in their ODI squad to replace a great batsman like Rohit Sharma, who is back home nursing a hamstring injury.
Rohit, who suffered the injury during the IPL, is only expected to feature in the Test series starting December 17.
The in-form Mayank Agarwal is likely to open with Shikhar Dhawan in Rohit�s absence in the ODI series beginning from Friday.
�He is obviously a great player and someone who has had quite a bit of success against us in the past. It (Rohit�s injury) is unfortunate,� Finch said in a virtual media interaction ahead of the series opener.
�You want to play against the best players all the time but whoever he is going to replace him, possibly Mayank, he has been in great form as well. So you take away a lot of experience but you also bring in another quality player.�
Finch was Virat Kohli�s team-mate at Royal Challengers Bangalore during the IPL and was asked if he noticed any weaknesses in Indian skipper�s game.
�He doesn�t have too many to be honest. If you look at his record it is second to none. We have to keep looking to get him out. When you go away from that and look to contain players you can sort of miss a trick there,� Finch said. � PTI
