India’s batting coach Vikram Rathour shared the secret of Rohit Sharma’s success as Test opener, in the ongoing series against South Africa. Rohit scored his maiden double century in the final Test and helped India put up a huge total.

“He is such an experienced player. I don’t think you need to change anything with his technique. The only adjustment I think he had to make was his game plans,” Rathour told.

India reduced to 39 for three when Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane stitched a partnership.

“I always believed he is too good a player not to be playing in any format. It was a good call to make him to open. With the amount of runs he has scored, he has settled the issue for the time being,” Vikram Rathour added. “Somebody of his experience and the kind of cricket he plays, if he starts coming good top of the order, it changes everything for the Indian team, even when you’re touring.”

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“There was a bit of moisture early on and the wicket was doing something. They also bowled in better areas but recovery was phenomenal. Both of them batted really well and post lunch, the wicket eased a bit,” he added. “In Tests, you need to play through those tough spells that you will get. I think he’s doing that well in this series. Once he’s set, he’s a phenomenal player, we all know that he can really punish you.”

Rohit has maintained his fine form in the final test as well.

“Ajinkya showed great intent today. Whenever he bats with this intent, he looks a really good player. As I said earlier also, they bowled in good areas initially and there was help in the wicket, so Rohit had some problem early on. Of course, as a batsman, you need to survive that time, which Rohit did really well. Anybody will look uncomfortable because those were tough conditions,” he concluded.