Sunil Gavaskar added that Rohit Sharma won’t be under any pressure heading into the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 Test. The former India captain also wants Rohit to return to his opening position as well. The third Test between India and Australia will be played in Brisbane from Saturday, December 14 as well. Rohit scored only 9 runs across two innings in India’ 10-wicket loss in the second Test in Adelaide as well.
During a discussion on the Star Sports show ‘Game Plan’, Gavaskar said, “Neither, he has never been under pressure at all. Everybody knows what he can do and how he can deliver. He will probably be the least worried of the lot. I think we are all concerned because of the fact that he didn’t score runs in the Adelaide game, but he is perfectly capable of coming back and coming back in a big way.”
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“If he opens the batting or bats down the order, the pitch should not be an issue. It’s just a question of making that mental adjustment. For the last four or five years, you have been the opening bat. Then you come here and because of the double-century partnership at Perth, you do not disturb the opening pair of KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal. That made sense but because he has been an opening bat and likes to take responsibility as the captain and the leader of the pack, I think he will want to open the batting. I don’t think it sends any signals because Rahul, before the Perth Test, had been batting in the middle order,” he further added.
In the same discussion, Matthew Hayden was also asked whether the Australians would target Rohit Sharma in the third Test as well.
“Captain to captain, they always get targeted. The captains traditionally are the No. 1 scalp inside the dressing room. I would like to see Rohit Sharma give himself a bit of an uppercut, meaning just a little perk in his step. He is such a relaxed character, and that’s what we love about his dynamic stroke play, but for mine, he hasn’t got going here in Australia, and a stiff cup of coffee, maybe rather than an uppercut, might actually just help him perk up his own instincts,” Hayden added.
