Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has questioned Rohit Sharma’s batting approach in India’s last two Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand as well. He also added that the Indian captain didn’t have an ultra-aggressive approach when he was successful in Test cricket as well. Rohit scored 91 runs at 15.17 in six innings in India’s 0-3 loss in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “If you see this home season, Rohit Sharma scored one half-century in 10 innings and had an average of 13. Sometimes you pay a price for your success if you are compared with your lofty standards. If the average had been 37-38, you might have said that his standard is 55, but 37-38 is not too bad, but we are saying bad because the standard is so high.”
“However, an average of 13, from whichever vantage point you might see, these numbers are worrying, and in that, the number of times he got out to fast bowlers, and the way he got out, there is a question mark. My way or the highway we talk about, Rohit didn’t use to play like this,” Chopra further added.
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In the same video, Aakash Chopra also added that Rohit Sharma was willing to trust his defence and leave deliveries in Test cricket earlier as well.
“Rohit Sharma’s new chapter of Test cricket had started because he started loving his defense. He had started liking leaving deliveries. Spending time became a thing for Rohit but now it seems like he won’t do that at all. This started with the ODI World Cup. There also the question was whether you were selling yourself short if you were scoring 45 or 55 when you could score 150,” he said.
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“It’s okay, it was white-ball cricket, others score. It is absolutely fine in T20 cricket as others will score once you set the tempo. However, not in Test cricket. You played well against England, you scored 400 runs, which was a decent turnover. That happened because he wasn’t hitting every ball,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
