India captain Rohit Sharma is not out of form, shared former India wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik despite his poor form in the Test series against New Zealand. However, Sharma has scored only one half-century so far in the final home Test series of the season. He got out by the New Zealand bowlers who have targetted the line outside the off-stump to trouble the captain.

Speaking after the end of the opening day of the Mumbai Test, Karthik said, “I won’t even for a second think that it is form. And I am saying that because of the shots that he is playing when he is lasting at the crease. When you are not in form, you cannot play the shots that he is playing. Backfoot punch off a good ball, a slight error in length and he is hitting a cover drive. So he is getting into good positions,” Dinesh Karthik told Cricbuzz.

“What is happening is what os happening between the ears and that is something that Rohit can only help himself. As we all know that he is a world class player, the tempo that which he plays is phenomenal. It is his choice of shots. The ball was on the fourth stump, he ended up closing the face on it. And that is something that needs to be thought about because there were better shots on offer. Team India have had a very play series with the ball and bat, not a good series and they are way better than that,” he further added.