Delhi: The Indian team had to face defeat by 184 runs in the Boxing Day Test played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In this match, both the batting and captaincy of Indian captain Rohit Sharma were weak, after which he is being criticized a lot. After this defeat, India has lagged behind in the series.
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Irfan Pathan expressed concern
While talking to Star Sports, Irfan Pathan said, “Rohit Sharma has scored almost 20,000 runs, but his form has been very bad in recent times. At present he is the captain, so he is playing in the team. If he had not been the captain, perhaps he would not have been selected in the team. At this time, players like KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill would have been playing in the top order in the team.
Irfan Pathan 🗣️”A player who has made about 20,000 runs yet the way Rohit Sharma is struggling now, it seems his form is not supporting him at all. What’s happening now is that he is the captain, so he is playing. If he were not the captain, he might not be playing right now”. pic.twitter.com/HCmoNFDFD6
— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01) December 30, 2024
Rohit Sharma is in bad form
Pathan further said, “Rohit’s performance in this series has been very disappointing. He has scored only 31 runs in 5 innings of three test matches. He did not play in the first match, but after that he could not help the team win the match by scoring 9 runs in Adelaide, 10 runs in Brisbane and 12 runs in Melbourne.
Pressure increased on Rohit
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India faced a 3-0 defeat in the Test series against New Zealand on its own soil in October-November this year. After the defeat, there is no edge in his captaincy. His batting performance has also been worse than before. In the current Border Gavaskar Test series, he has scored 3, 6, 10, 3 and 9 runs.
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