Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes that India captain Rohit Sharma should return to his usual opening position for the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series to be held at the Gabba in Brisbane from December 14. For the second Test at the Adelaide Oval, Rohit decided to bat at number six so as not to trouble the Yashasvi Jaiswal-KL Rahul duo, who made an opening stand of 201, paving the way for India’s 295-run win in Perth. Had a partnership.
But Rohit could only score nine runs in two innings as the number six batsman in India’s ten-wicket defeat against Australia at the Adelaide Oval as the Pat Cummins-led side leveled the five-match series with the scoreline at 1-1. 1 done.
Ponting said on the ICC Review Show, “I felt that if (Rohit) Sharma was coming back into the team, he should have gone straight back to the top and started batting. That’s how I feel about it. And I know KL and Jaiswal had a 200-run partnership in Perth and they played well, but he (Rohit) is your captain.”
Ponting further said, “He is one of your most experienced players. You want to send him back to the top in his normal role. So they can think about that. They are thinking about sending Rohit back to the top for Brisbane. Can think.”
In his last 12 Test innings, Rohit has scored just 142 runs, and his average is 11.83. Ponting said that if he had been in the Indian team camp, he would have found ways to make him comfortable about scoring runs as an opening batsman before the crunch Brisbane Test.
Ponting said, “It’s like you just know within yourself. You don’t need anyone to tell you whether you are scoring runs or not, or whether you are batting well or not. Deep down, Rohit had a long break before that Test match and by the way, it was not the easiest wicket to bat on, I think most of the players struggled to score runs on that wicket. Had to do it.”
Ricky Ponting further said, “Concerned is the right word…If it’s just anxiety or a little bit of anxiety about scoring runs the next time you bat. But if I were India and him, I would try to make it as smooth as possible.” Tried to find.”
He concluded, “And he has batted for so long. I would get him straight back in there again and try to find a slot somewhere in the order for KL (Rahul). That’s what I would do. Because I think he (Rohit) would like that.”
