IND vs AUS: Indian captain Rohit Sharma struggles once again to deliver with the bat, leaving fans disappointed and raising questions about his recent form. He had the perfect opportunity to score runs and contribute to the team’s total but failed again to impress.
In the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide, Indian batters were disappointed with their performance as they were restricted to a total of 180 runs in the first inning. Nitish Kumar Reddy (42), KL Rahul (37), Shubman Gill (31), Ashwin (22), and Rishabh Pant (21) played small cameos to accelerate the inning a little bit. Captain Rohit Sharma came at number 5 and was disappointed with a score of 3 runs in 23 deliveries.
While fielding, Rohit Sharma made a few decisions that backfired on the Indian team, costing them crucial runs and putting additional pressure on the bowlers. A few field placements could have been more strategic, potentially preventing boundaries and tightening the opposition’s scoring rate.
During the second innings, when wickets kept falling Indian skipper looked solid in his defensive position, middling almost every in his first over. However, the glory to the fans didn’t last long as he once again got out cheaply, continuing his bad patch of form in the game’s longest format. Rohit got out once again for an individual score of 6 runs from 15 balls, having spent only 20 minutes on the crease.
Rohit Sharma’s last 12 innings in Test matches include scores of 6, 3, 11, 18, 8, 0, 52, 2, 8, 23, 5, and 6, reflecting a string of inconsistent performances that have raised a thought of inefficiency in the head of Indian fans of their skipper being able to deliver a crucial hand in the format any further.
The Indian cricket fans expect a lot from a team of such world-class calibre and repeated poor performances from the likes of their most veteran players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill have left them frustrated. This has resulted in the team’s overall inconsistency, especially with poor performance in the longest format playing in SENA countries. Even the inconsistency from the young Indian cricketers imposes a strong worry for the future of Indian cricket.
