NEW DELHI: Saying that he anticipated extra from Rohit Sharma in his tenure as Indian captain, the mythical cricketer Sunil Gavaskar expressed his sadness and also referred to as for greater responsibility from the training body of workers.
Although the Indian workforce completed sure leads to bilateral house collection, they did not qualify for the T20 World Cup ultimate in Australia and likewise misplaced the World Test Championship ultimate remaining month. Rohit Took over the captaincy reins in February remaining 12 months after Virat Kohli hand over.
“I expected more from him (Rohit). In India it is different, but when you do well overseas that is really the test. That is where he has been a little disappointing. Even in the T20 format, with all the experience of the IPL, hundreds of matches as captain, with a mix of best IPL players not being able to get to the finals has been disappointing,” Gavaskar advised The Indian Express.
While in particular addressing India’s defeat to Australia within the WTC Final remaining month, Gavaskar emphasised that trainer Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit will have to had been held responsible to give an explanation for the selections they made right through the tournament and known as for the workforce control to behavior a radical overview of India’s losses.
“They should be asking questions, ‘Why did you field first?’ Okay, it was explained at the toss that it was overcast and all. The question after that should be, ‘You didn’t know about Travis Head‘s weakness against the short ball?’ Why was the bouncer employed only when he had scored 80 runs. You know, the moment Head came in to bat, in the commentary box, we had Ricky Ponting saying, ‘Bounce him, bounce him.’ Everyone knew about it but we didn’t try,” he stated.
Although the Indian workforce completed sure leads to bilateral house collection, they did not qualify for the T20 World Cup ultimate in Australia and likewise misplaced the World Test Championship ultimate remaining month. Rohit Took over the captaincy reins in February remaining 12 months after Virat Kohli hand over.
“I expected more from him (Rohit). In India it is different, but when you do well overseas that is really the test. That is where he has been a little disappointing. Even in the T20 format, with all the experience of the IPL, hundreds of matches as captain, with a mix of best IPL players not being able to get to the finals has been disappointing,” Gavaskar advised The Indian Express.
While in particular addressing India’s defeat to Australia within the WTC Final remaining month, Gavaskar emphasised that trainer Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit will have to had been held responsible to give an explanation for the selections they made right through the tournament and known as for the workforce control to behavior a radical overview of India’s losses.
“They should be asking questions, ‘Why did you field first?’ Okay, it was explained at the toss that it was overcast and all. The question after that should be, ‘You didn’t know about Travis Head‘s weakness against the short ball?’ Why was the bouncer employed only when he had scored 80 runs. You know, the moment Head came in to bat, in the commentary box, we had Ricky Ponting saying, ‘Bounce him, bounce him.’ Everyone knew about it but we didn’t try,” he stated.
Team India is about to kick off their 2023-2025 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with a two-match Test collection in opposition to West Indies, ranging from July 12.
The collection will likely be adopted via 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is.
(With company inputs)