Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has asked for Rohit Sharma to showcase his skill in Brisbane what he did at Lord’s. Karthik also stated that in the ongoing third Test of BGT 2024-25, Rohit must play balls on merit and leave them accordingly as well. However, Rohit Sharma opened with KL Rahul during the tour of England in 2021 and they scored a combined 683 runs in the five-match series as well, which ended in a 2-2 draw.

During the Lord’s Test that summer, Rohit hit a solid 83 under gloomy conditions against James Anderson, Ollie Robinson, Sam Curran
and Mark Wood in the first innings. KL Rahul also scored 129 runs and the pair’s 126-run stand in the first innings played an important role in India’s eventual 151-run win.

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Speaking to Cricbuzz, Dinesh Karthik said: “Rohit needs to draw a little bit of energy from what he did at Lord’s. On a very cloudy, overcast day, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma showed how it is to leave a ball and play for long periods of time. I think he needs to draw a little bit from that place, that mindset where he said anything outside the I’m leaving. I’ll bide my time. The more time he spends in there crease, it’s good for India and that will get the team closer to a draw.”

With India reduced to 51/4 and trailing by 394 runs before day four in Brisbane, Karthik believes that India’s first target should be to avoid the followon as well.

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“One big partnership. They need to believe and cross 245. That is the first thing that they need to do. If that doesn’t happen, I don’t think we will survive the Test unless the rain comes down real hard. If they avoid the follow-on, they’ll find a way to salvage something out of this Test and that makes them believe that something special is around the corner. If not it could be a hard couple of weeks,” Dinesh Karthik concluded.