Record photograph of Indian cricket crew skipper Rohit Sharma© BCCI
Mythical Indian cricket crew batter Sunil Gavaskar was once no longer happy with Rohit Sharma‘s captaincy and stated that he anticipated extra from him. Since Rohit changed Kohli because the Republic of India skipper, the nationwide crew has didn’t qualify for the T20 Global Cup ultimate and has additionally misplaced to Australia within the Global Take a look at Championship (WTC) ultimate. In a up to date interplay, Gavaskar raised questions over Rohit’s captaincy and stated that he has no longer achieved justice to his popularity because the joint-most a success captain within the Indian Premier League (IPL) the place he has gained 5 titles with Mumbai Indians.
“I expected more from him (Rohit). In India it is different, but when you do well overseas that is really the test. That is where he has been a little disappointing. Even in the T20 format, with all the experience of the IPL, hundreds of matches as captain, with a mix of best IPL players not being able to get to the finals has been disappointing,” Gavaskar stated on the Indian Express Idea Exchange.
Gavaskar additionally stated that extra responsibility must be positioned over Rohit and head schoolmaster Rahul Dravid with regards to high-profile losses like that within the WTC ultimate.
“They should be asking questions, ‘Why did you field first?’ Okay, it was explained at the toss that it was overcast and all. The question after that should be, ‘You didn’t know about Travis Head‘s weakness against the short ball?’ Why was the bouncer employed only when he had scored 80 runs? You know, the moment Head came in to bat, in the commentary box, we had Ricky Ponting saying, ‘Bounce him, bounce him.’ Everyone knew about it but we didn’t try,” he added.
Each Rohit and Dravid can be desperate to end up they have got what it takes to influence the Indian send ahead within the ODI Global Cup this generation.
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