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Indian cricket group captain Rohit Sharma© AFP
Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has raised the problem of captain Rohit Sharma’s batting type and feels that it would have an effect on his management abilities within the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a 10-wicket crushing defeat to Australia within the second Take a look at on Sunday. Rohit, who missed the primary Take a look at of the collection in Perth as a result of beginning of his second baby, solely scored 3 and 6 within the pink-ball Take a look at at Adelaide Oval. The 37-year-old’s type in Take a look at cricket has been a subject of debate since India’s historic 0-3 dwelling loss to New Zealand final month. In that collection too, Rohit was not anyplace close to to his peak efficiency within the red-ball format as he solely accrued 91 runs throughout six innings together with 52 within the second innings of Bengaluru Take a look at.
The veteran cricketer highlighted that Rohit’s battle with the bat may also have an effect on his decision-making abilities whereas main the group within the the rest of the collection.
“When such a big player doesn’t score runs, it will become a slight cause for concern. We know that Rohit has great ability and has scored a lot of runs for India. However, he didn’t score runs in this match and the previous series as well. When the runs are not scored, the pressure comes on the batter,” Harbhajan mentioned on Star Sports activities.
The previous spinner added that Rohit ought to put aside the previous struggles and give attention to regaining his type with the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) last on the road.
“We won’t want the Indian captain to have the pressure of scoring his own runs, as it could affect his captaincy as well. We hope that he comes back to form. The conditions at other venues like Brisbane might suit him more. He needs to leave this match behind and think about what better can be done going forward and how the team can play better because the team is more important than his form,” Harbhajan added.
It was Rohit’s fourth successive Take a look at defeat as captain which made him enter the unlucky listing of Indian Take a look at captains with most consecutive losses that features legends like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar.
In Rohit’s absence, Jasprti Bumrah led India to an emphatic 295-run win towards Australia within the collection opener in Perth. The third Take a look at between India and Australia might be performed in Brisbane from December 14.
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