- Advertisement -
File picture of Rohit Sharma.© AFP
Crew India’s Check and ODI captain, Rohit Sharma has been underneath the highlight for the reason that 1-3 defeat to Australia within the 2024/25 Border Gavaskar Trophy sequence. The opening batter’s struggles continued in Australia which noticed him recuse himself from the taking part in XI for the ultimate Check at Sydney Cricket Floor. Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwari backs the captain to return to kind and claims his lack of runs may be attributed to his low self-confidence. “The efficiency is just not going effectively, there isn’t any doubt about it. If the efficiency was going effectively he wouldn’t have dropped himself. After what occurred in Sydney within the closing Check, he himself clarified in his interview that he was not scoring runs, which is why he felt he shouldn’t play.
“When you are not scoring runs you lose your self-confidence and if your confidence is down, then your run-scoring percentage also falls down. He will definitely work on his batting. He is a blistering run-scorer in white-ball cricket and holds a lot of potential, a player of his calibre might take time to return to form so I believe he holds the potential to rectify his performances in red-ball cricket as well,” Tiwari advised IANS on Monday.
India misplaced the five-Check sequence 3-1 and missed out on a 3rd successive spot within the World Check Championship closing. Rohit, who missed the primary Check of the sequence because of the start of his second youngster, failed to attain past 10 runs throughout 5 innings earlier than opting to relaxation within the fifth Check at Sydney Cricket Floor. He accrued solely 31 runs in 5 innings of the sequence and got here underneath public scrutiny for his substandard outings. Furthermore, former cricketers and the media additionally questioned his management expertise which gave India an opportunity to win the ICC main in red-ball cricket.
India misplaced the chance to qualify for the WTC Ultimate due to consecutive sequence losses in opposition to New Zealand and Australia. India had suffered a humiliating 0-3 clear sweep at house after a protracted hole.
“The performance has not been good. The performance in the Test match was not good. It has been good in T20, we won the World Cup a few months ago but now we have seen in Test cricket, we lost the home series 3-0 against New Zealand, that has happened after a lot of regret, this does not happen normally and should not happen either because you were playing in home conditions,” Tiwari added.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
Matters talked about on this article
- Advertisement -