Former India player Aakash Chopra has added that Rohit Sharma’s poor dismissals in Mumbai’s recent Ranji Trophy match against J&K have increased his problems with the bat. He stated that his dismissal in Mumbai’s first innings was similar to how Matt Henry dismissed him in the home Test series against New Zealand as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “A time comes occasionally when you don’t score runs. You come even more in the headlines when runs aren’t scored even in first-class cricket. Then you are seen with a magnifying glass and kept under the microscope. His time hasn’t been good. One thing is there for sure, the way he was getting out to Matt Henry, he got out similarly against J&K in the first innings. He got out like that in Australia as well. To get out to pace so many times, it doesn’t augur well for somebody like Rohit Sharma.”

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While saying that Rohit Sharma would do well in ODIs, Aakash Chopra added that age might be affecting his eyehand coordination in Tests as well.

“I feel he will still do well in ODIs. He shouldn’t face that much difficulty against the white ball. However, there is a problem and it’s been a slightly long time. He is also a player who relies on timing. So he needs a little more eye-hand coordination. Sometimes age catches up. I don’t know what it is. These are just conjectures and we talk a little that this or that could be the reason. However, it’s a steep decline which I thought won’t be the case for him. It has been a steep sort of decline, which is slightly sad,” Aakash Chopra concluded.