On Sunday, the Indian batting coach Vikram Rathour has expressed that the veteran Indian opener, Rohit Sharma needs to be a “little more selective” in terms of his shot selection after the opener got out while playing a pull shot for the second time in the ongoing 5-match Test series against England. 

Talking about the same during the post-day press conference on Sunday, Vikram Rathour said, “There will be analysis, of course every-time they get out, we will be having a talk, what happened and what they were thinking while batting or while they played that shot.”

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He further added,  “As far Rohit is concerned, I think he has made it clear that this is the shot which fetches him runs, so he is going to play those shots and we are backing him to play those shots, only thing he needs to do is to be a little-more selective, with what to play and when to play.”

According to Vikram Rathour, skipper Virat Kohli, who eventually got out on 20, was undone by a lapse in concentration.

Vikram Rathour explained, “Kohli, I don’t think there was any issue, it was just a lapse in concentration today, where his bat went to the ball, which he shouldn’t have played and nothing more, I don’t think anything old (is) coming back. You are right, this will be a typical fifth day wicket of a Test match, where the ball will go up and down and is also turning, like we saw.”

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He further elaborated, “So, again like I said earlier, if we can take the target near 200 runs, then it won’t be easy for England. Like (Ravindra) Jadeja bowled in the first innings, he was accurate, if he gets turn from there, he can create problems for the batsmen, and our pace attack is bowling well. If the ball stays up and down, like we are seeing, when the ball is hard, then, if we can add 30-40 runs more and take 1-2 early England wickets, then there will be pressure on them.”