NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday criticised the dealing with of Rohit Sharma’s captaincy scenario, calling it ‘weird’ and stating {that a} captain ought to ‘by no means be dropped midstream’.
The Indian captain Rohit skilled a big decline in his efficiency throughout 2024, marking a regarding section in his 11-year Check profession. His difficulties in opposition to each quick bowling and spin bowling, no matter enjoying situations, alongside along with his incapability to construct on promising begins, revealed basic weaknesses in his approach for Check cricket.
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Rohit’s underwhelming performances within the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the place India at present path 1-2, notably in opposition to a formidable Australian aspect, led to discussions about his place within the nationwide workforce. And at last he has been dropped, as reported by TimesofIndia.com, for the collection finale in Sydney.
Taking to social media platform X, Sidhu expressed his robust disapproval, emphasising that Rohit warranted better respect and confidence from the workforce administration, suggesting that such a alternative sends unsuitable alerts.
“A Captain ought to by no means be dropped midstream nor given the choice to choose out … sends unsuitable alerts… Have seen Captains like Mark Taylor, Azharuddin and so forth continued as captain for a yr regardless of unhealthy kind… @ImRo45 deserved extra respect and religion from the administration… Weird coz it occurred for the primary time in Indian cricket historical past… Blunder – for a fallen lighthouse is extra harmful than a reef!” Sidhu wrote on X.
2024 proved to be a difficult yr for Rohit, with statistics exhibiting a mere 619 runs from 14 Check matches at a mean of 24.76. His century rely stood at two, accompanied by two half-centuries on this period.
Following his century in opposition to England in Dharamsala in March 2024, Rohit’s kind deteriorated additional, accumulating solely 154 runs in 15 innings, with only one fifty, averaging a modest 10.26.
