India captain Rohit Sharma has some powerful inquiries to reply after the workforce’s defeat within the pink-ball Test towards Australia in Adelaide. Rohit changed Jasprit Bumrah because the skipper for the workforce after India comprehensively defeated Australia within the opening match at Perth. However, Rohit’s captaincy appeared lackluster within the day-night Test, the place India suffered a humbling 10-wicket defeat. As consultants pose essential questions in entrance of Rohit, former India batter Aakash Chopra stays baffled by the captain’s utilization of marquee pacer Jasprit Bumrah within the sport.
In a video on his YouTube channel, Chopra addresses some questions from followers. As one fan requested about Rohit’s captaincy within the match, Chopra was fast to claim how dangerous the Hitman’s decision-making was in Adelaide.
“You are completely proper, my pal. Did we bowl bouncers to Head? You must bowl bouncers on Head’s head. Until we do this, he does not get out and retains troubling us. He has achieved that earlier and is doing it now additionally. He did that within the World Cup closing and the WTC closing as nicely,” he stated.
“Jasprit Bumrah had bowled a four-over spell and had already picked up a wicket in that. So why did he bowl solely 4 overs, and did not bowl after that in any respect? He did not bowl in the complete session. So you might be 100% proper if you say that you simply missed a trick in captaincy. Rohit’s captaincy – let’s name a spade a spade. We noticed defensive captaincy. He allowed the match to float,” he added.
“I’ve introduced one other checklist as nicely – essentially the most consecutive losses by an Indian captain. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi misplaced six consecutive matches in 1967. After that, Sachin Tendulkar in 1999, and if you happen to come to the twenty first century, MS Dhoni twice misplaced 4 consecutive matches, Virat Kohli misplaced 4 consecutive matches in 2020-21, and now Rohit Sharma has already misplaced 4 consecutive matches,” he stated.
“He wasn’t the captain within the Perth match. So that win does not rely for him. If we go away the final century, it is Dhoni, Kohli, and Rohit, and the largest regarding factor, which could not be with anybody else, is three consecutive losses at dwelling. The captaincy has been a bit lackluster,” he added.
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