Former India coach Abhishek Nayar has said that Rohit Sharma would be disappointed with his poor dismissal in the first ODI against England. He also added that Rohit would have reflected on it after going to his room. The second ODI between India and England will take place in Cardiff on Thursday, July 16. Rohit scored 11 runs off 21 balls and got out to Sam Curran while attempting a big shot as well.
During an interaction on the JioHotstar show ‘Game Plan,’ Nayar said, “He will be disappointed with the way he got out. There will be reflection. He would go to the room and think about it. He watches a lot of videos, so he will watch his videos. He will pay attention to his mindset. If he would have seen the T20 series and after playing this game, one thing he would have realized is that you have to give yourself time.”
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“You will have to play out the four or five overs of Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue. Once you get past that, things get easier. You will have to search for opportunities against Sam Curran. Going over the top using your feet may not be the right tactical move. If he would have watched Shubman Gill attentively, more runs were scored square of the wicket,” Nayar again shared.
However, Abhishek Nayar also opined on the battle between Virat Kohli and Jofra Archer in the first ODI.
“Even Virat Kohli would have expected this. He would have anticipated that teams are going to go fuller to him. I wouldn’t say he (Archer) set him up, but he started with a shorter ball, misdirected that ball, and the follow-up ball was very different. Doesn’t matter how great a batter you are, whenever the ball seams in at high speed from a fuller length, it’s always hard,” he added.
“He wasn’t in the wrong position. The position was perfect. Weight transfer, head on top of the ball, but because of the seam that Jofra Archer had, that’s where that X-factor, and that is why he could actually go through Virat Kohli’s defense. He gets out on the outside edge. Someone dismisses Virat Kohli rarely on the inside edge,” Abhishek Nayar concluded.
