NEW DELHI: Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar referred to as India skipper Rohit Sharma‘s option to “step apart” within the final Take a look at of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) a “courageous determination,” admitting that Rohit appeared “out of his depth” in the course of the sequence.
Rohit has skilled a rollercoaster seven months, from ending India’s decade-long await an ICC trophy in Barbados with a swashbuckling efficiency to sitting out within the Sydney Take a look at.
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“The skipper, Rohit Sharma, was out of his depth and having taken the courageous determination to step apart, due to his kind, he has additionally raised large questions on his future in Take a look at cricket,” Gavaskar wrote in his column in The Sydney Morning Herald.
Not merely Rohit’s kind was a trigger for concern. Virat Kohli additionally had difficulties. In eight innings, Kohli scored a meager 190 runs at a median of 23.75, whereas Rohit solely scored 31 runs within the sequence’ three Take a look at matches.
Followers and former cricket gamers are debating each Rohit and Virat’s futures. Gautam Gambhir, the pinnacle coach of India, even addressed the matter, saying that the staff would profit from any selections made on their future.
“I am unable to speak about the way forward for any participant. It is as much as them as nicely. They nonetheless have the starvation, they nonetheless have the eagerness, they’re robust individuals, and hopefully, they will proceed to take Indian cricket ahead. No matter they plan, they are going to plan in the perfect curiosity of the staff. I’ve to be honest and equal to everybody within the dressing room,” Gambhir mentioned within the post-match press convention.
