Indian cricket group captain Rohit Sharma© AFP
It has been a tricky yr for Rohit Sharma in the case of Take a look at cricket. The Indian cricket group skipper as soon as once more did not impress as his facet slumped to a humiliating 0-3 Take a look at collection defeat in Mumbai on Sunday. Rohit scored 18 off 18 balls within the first innings earlier than he was dismissed by Matt Henry whereas his keep on the crease resulted in 11 balls through the second innings. The star batter has struggled massively to attain runs in red-ball cricket and former Indian cricket group star Sanjay Manjrekar identified the ‘actual drawback’. In an interplay with ESPNCricinfo, Manjrekar dissected Rohit’s batting and mentioned that as an alternative of constructing the right connection, he has been making an attempt to clear the boundary with pure power.
“I’ll by no means say that he’s reckless as a result of he’s discovering his personal approach to make sure that he will get runs, to get the group to win. He clearly does not belief his defence anymore, you possibly can see that, there was a LBW attraction and that should have simply made him really feel unsettled ever extra. So the following factor that he appears to do is counter-attack and he did that as a result of the goal wasn’t an enormous one, and who is aware of a few photographs right here and there and he would have perhaps replicated that Bangladesh run chase,” he mentioned.
“However the shot that he performed to get out was the place he was making an attempt to hit the ball into the stands somewhat than simply make the connection. He’s lacking a number of of his massive hits. There was one within the first Take a look at match as effectively, the place he stepped out and tried to hit the ball out of the bottom, so he’s mis-hitting a number of his attacking photographs and he isn’t trusting his defence sufficient. So that may be a actual drawback for Rohit Sharma at the moment,” he added.
Rohit had a disappointing collection towards New Zealand within the Assessments. He scored 91 runs at a strike fee of 68.42 after enjoying all three matches of the Take a look at collection towards the Kiwis.
Following the 3-0 collection loss towards New Zealand, Rohit grew to become the primary India captain to concede a 3-0 Take a look at collection defeat on dwelling soil. In the meantime, Tom Latham’s New Zealand showcased a stupendous efficiency within the Assessments towards India and have become the primary group to win an extended format collection by 0-3 in India.
Rohit Sharma has led Crew India in 21 matches in Take a look at cricket and received 12 video games. In the meantime, he misplaced seven matches.
(With ANI inputs)
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