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Rohit Sharma scored simply 2 runs within the Nagpur ODI.© BCCI/Sportzpics
One other shallow efficiency from India captain Rohit Sharma left the Indian cricket fraternity scratching its head on Thursday. Up in opposition to England within the first ODI of the 3-match collection in Nagpur, Rohit didn’t get his bat do the speaking once more, scoring simply 2 runs. The style of Rohit’s dismissal left followers fuming on social media, because the skipper’s barren run prolonged to the ODI format too. Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar, who has been a staunch critic of Rohit and Virat Kohli’s poor performances over the past one 12 months, refused to mince phrases as he shared his take.
Manjrekar, in a chat on ESPNCricinfo, claimed that Rohit is trying ‘below stress’ and the Indian crew is looking at a giant drawback if the skipper does not come out of this rut shortly.
“He’ll be disappointed with the way he got out. Clearly there is pressure and if in 50-over cricket he struggles to get runs or get a big score, then you have a problem. Because I maintain that this is the best format for any batter, if you are batting in the top three, to get runs and come back into form. And if we don’t get to see the best of Rohit Sharma in this three-match series and the Champions Trophy, then there is a problem,” the cricketer-turned-pundit mentioned.
As for the match, whereas Rohit didn’t put runs on the board, his veteran teammate Virat Kohli missed the match as a consequence of an harm. The trio of Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel was the chief contributor to India’s rating because the hosts secured a 4-wicket win within the collection opener.
After the sport, Rohit appeared fairly content material with the crew’s win, although he did rue the flurry of wickets India misplaced on the finish of the chase.
“Pretty happy. We all knew we are playing this format after a long time. I thought right from the beginning we played as per expectation. They did start well but the way we came back was superb. We wanted a leftie in the middle. It is as simple as that. We know they will spin it back into the left-handers so we wanted a leftie. Gill and Axar batted brilliantly out in the middle. Nothing specific. Overall as a team I just want us as a team to keep doing the right things as much as possible,” he mentioned within the post-match presentation ceremony.
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