Ravi Shastri on Rohit Sharma: Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri believes that Virat Kohli still has three to four years of cricket left in him but captain Rohit Sharma has been given a tough time in the ongoing against Australia considering his long-standing struggle with form and technique in the traditional format of the game. There may be a need to assess your future after the series. India’s senior batsmen Rohit and Kohli are facing criticism due to their poor performance during the ongoing five-Test series against Australia.
Rohit has scored only 31 runs in five innings at an average of 6.20 and during this he scored 3, 6, 10, 3 and 9 runs which is the lowest average of any foreign captain on Australian soil. Despite the century in the Perth Test, Kohli’s performance lacks consistency and so far he has played innings of 5, 100 not out, 7, 11, 3, 36 and 5 runs in the series.
Shastri told ‘Star Sports’, “I think Virat will play for some time. Forget the way he is getting out, or other things, whatever. I think he will play for another three or four years.” Will play.” He said, “As far as Rohit is concerned, he has to take a decision. At the top of the order, I think his footwork is not the same as before. He is probably late in playing his shots at times. So at the end of the series, he will have to take a decision.” Will have to do.”
Shastri pointed out technical problems in Rohit’s batting, especially the movement of his front foot. He said, “We have seen many times in the series that his front foot is not going towards the ball as much as it should.”
Indian batting once again collapsed in the Boxing Day Test. Except Yashasvi Jaiswal, no other batsman was able to stand against the Australian bowlers and the entire team collapsed for just 155 runs on the fifth day on Monday. India suffered a humiliating defeat by 184 runs and fell 1-2 in the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
When India’s score was 112/3 at tea, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a composed half-century and Rishabh Pant showed remarkable composure. Chasing a target of 340, a draw looked certain, especially after going wicketless in the second session. But India lost its last seven wickets for 34 runs in the final session and suffered a 184-run defeat to Australia in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday.
In front of a record 74,362 fans, Australia cruised to victory after bowling out India for 33/3 in the first session. But Jaiswal and Pant kept them in check in the second session, as the old ball started becoming soft. But in the last session of the exciting test match, Pant was out on the ball of Travis Head.
This opened the way for Australia to take the lead as India went from 121/3 to 155 all out. Captain Pat Cummins and Scott Boland bowled brilliantly for Australia and took three wickets each, after which they have now taken a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Before the Test match to be held in Sydney next week.
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