India captain Rohit Sharma came under the scanner because of his baffling strategy and selection calls in the Melbourne Test. Since adding Washington Sundar to India’s playing XI for the Boxing Day Test in place of Shubman Gill, Rohit has faced questions time and again. Be it the use of his bowlers, or decision-making skills, Rohit struggled for the first two days. And, legends like Suni Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri also slammed him as well.

During his commentary stint on Day 2 of the Melbourne Test, Shastri questioned both Rohit and head coach Gambhir’s decision to add 2 spinners to the playing XI as well. Ravi Shastri also questioned not just Rohit’s bowling changes but also his field placements as well.

“Why did you take 2 spinners if you had to bowl them after 40 overs? In Melbourne, spinners should always bowl in 1 or 1 and a half overs. I didn’t understand why Jadeja and Sundar bowled after 40 overs,” Shastri said. “India should’ve started with Bumrah but Siraj bowled the first over. With SIraj’s confidence being low, it’s important to handle him well,” he added.

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He again said: “You see, Mitchell Starc has come and you have long on and long off fielders. At least put one of them up.”

Meanwhile, Sunil Gavaskar was also surprised to see Team India’s bowling performance in the middle. Barring Jasprit Bumrah, no India pacer managed to shine. Gavaskar also said that the new ball was ‘wasted’ by India’s pacers as well.

“Pretty ordinary blowing. If you have to bowl a bouncer, you get it around the helmet’s badge and not around the waist. I’m very disappointed, I’m sorry. This new ball has been wasted. Aakash Deep has been all over the place. He has wasted the new ball by bowling way outside off stump. The Indians have also been sloppy in the field,” he said on commentary.