Former Australian spinner Kerry O’Keeffe believes India’s captain Rohit Sharma succumbed to Australia’s conventional tactic of mentally dismantling opposing captains through the latest Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India misplaced the sequence 1-3, and Rohit solely managed 31 runs in three Exams, averaging a meager 6.20.
“They could not convey down (Jasprit) Bumrah. He was too good. However then the baton was handed to Rohit Sharma they usually introduced him down right away, to the extent that he withdrew from the ultimate Check,” O’Keeffe informed Fox Sports activities.
“In order that’s a tactic they appear to wish to do if they’ll, if they’ll break the skipper and make him nameless, it empowers them,” he added.
O’Keeffe instructed this tactic empowers the Australian staff. He highlighted how former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath typically predicted the variety of occasions he would dismiss the opposing captain earlier than a sequence, a method that continuously proved efficient. A first-rate instance was former England captain Michael Atherton.
Jasprit Bumrah captained India within the first Check in Perth resulting from Rohit’s absence for the start of his baby. India gained that match convincingly by 295 runs.
Rohit returned to captaincy for the second Check in Adelaide. Nevertheless, his particular person efficiency and the staff’s outcomes declined from that time onwards.
Rohit in the end opted out of the ultimate Check in Sydney. Bumrah returned to steer the staff in his place.
O’Keeffe additional supported his argument by stating that Australia struggled to unsettle Ajinkya Rahane through the 2021-22 sequence, which India gained.
“They could not get Ajinkya Rahane the final time and he gained the sequence,” he stated.
O’Keeffe, a veteran of 24 Exams and two ODIs for Australia, believes this technique has been employed in opposition to different visiting groups’ captains as effectively.
“However for those who take a look at the captains they’ve introduced down in latest occasions, Sharma. Tick. Shan Masood with Pakistan. It was three-nil. Kraigg Brathwaite, it was one-all, however they had been on high of Kraigg.
“They went to New Zealand and introduced down Tim Southee, successful two-nil,” O’Keeffe added.
O’Keeffe additionally noticed that veteran Indian batter and former captain Virat Kohli turned a frequent sufferer of Scott Boland’s bowling through the sequence.
Following a century in Perth, Kohli was repeatedly dismissed whereas poking outdoors the off-stump. He completed the sequence with 190 runs at a median of 23.75.
