Indian cricket staff captain Rohit Sharma© AFP
It has been a tricky 12 months for Rohit Sharma in terms of Check cricket. The Indian cricket staff skipper as soon as once more didn’t impress as his aspect slumped to a humiliating 0-3 Check sequence 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 in the course of the second innings. The star batter has struggled massively to attain runs in red-ball cricket and former Indian cricket staff star Sanjay Manjrekar identified the ‘actual downside’. In an interplay with ESPNCricinfo, Manjrekar dissected Rohit’s batting and stated that as a substitute of constructing the right connection, he has been making an attempt to clear the boundary with pure energy.
“I’ll by no means say that he’s reckless as a result of he’s discovering his personal manner to make sure that he will get runs, to get the staff to win. He clearly does not belief his defence anymore, you possibly can see that, there was a LBW enchantment and that will need to 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 pictures right here and there and he would have possibly replicated that Bangladesh run chase,” he stated.
“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 just a few of his large hits. There was one within the first Check 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 pictures and he isn’t trusting his defence sufficient. So that may be a actual downside for Rohit Sharma at the moment,” he added.
Rohit had a disappointing sequence towards New Zealand within the Exams. He scored 91 runs at a strike charge of 68.42 after enjoying all three matches of the Check sequence towards the Kiwis.
Following the 3-0 sequence loss towards New Zealand, Rohit turned the primary India captain to concede a 3-0 Check sequence defeat on house soil. In the meantime, Tom Latham’s New Zealand showcased a stupendous efficiency within the Exams towards India and have become the primary staff to win an extended format sequence by 0-3 in India.
Rohit Sharma has led Staff India in 21 matches in Check cricket and gained 12 video games. In the meantime, he misplaced seven matches.
(With ANI inputs)
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