NEW DELHI: Saying that he anticipated extra from Rohit Sharma in his tenure as Indian captain, legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar expressed his disappointment and likewise referred to as for elevated accountability from the teaching employees.
Although the Indian workforce achieved constructive leads to bilateral house sequence, they did not qualify for the T20 World Cup closing in Australia and likewise misplaced the World Test Championship closing final month. Rohit took over the captaincy reins in February final yr after Virat Kohli give up.
“I expected more from him (Rohit). In India it is different, but when you do well overseas that is really the test. That is where he has been a little disappointing. Even in the T20 format, with all the experience of the IPL, hundreds of matches as captain, with a mix of best IPL players not being able to get to the finals has been disappointing,” Gavaskar instructed The Indian Express.
While particularly addressing India’s defeat to Australia within the WTC closing final month, Gavaskar emphasised that coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit ought to have been held accountable to clarify the choices they made in the course of the match and referred to as for the workforce administration to conduct an intensive overview of India’s losses.
“They should be asking questions, ‘Why did you field first?’ Okay, it was explained at the toss that it was overcast and all. The question after that should be, ‘You didn’t know about Travis Head‘s weakness against the short ball?’ Why was the bouncer employed only when he had scored 80 runs. You know, the moment Head came in to bat, in the commentary box, we had Ricky Ponting saying, ‘Bounce him, bounce him.’ Everyone knew about it but we didn’t try,” he mentioned.
Although the Indian workforce achieved constructive leads to bilateral house sequence, they did not qualify for the T20 World Cup closing in Australia and likewise misplaced the World Test Championship closing final month. Rohit took over the captaincy reins in February final yr after Virat Kohli give up.
“I expected more from him (Rohit). In India it is different, but when you do well overseas that is really the test. That is where he has been a little disappointing. Even in the T20 format, with all the experience of the IPL, hundreds of matches as captain, with a mix of best IPL players not being able to get to the finals has been disappointing,” Gavaskar instructed The Indian Express.
While particularly addressing India’s defeat to Australia within the WTC closing final month, Gavaskar emphasised that coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit ought to have been held accountable to clarify the choices they made in the course of the match and referred to as for the workforce administration to conduct an intensive overview of India’s losses.
“They should be asking questions, ‘Why did you field first?’ Okay, it was explained at the toss that it was overcast and all. The question after that should be, ‘You didn’t know about Travis Head‘s weakness against the short ball?’ Why was the bouncer employed only when he had scored 80 runs. You know, the moment Head came in to bat, in the commentary box, we had Ricky Ponting saying, ‘Bounce him, bounce him.’ Everyone knew about it but we didn’t try,” he mentioned.
Team India is about to kick off their 2023-2025 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with a two-match Test sequence towards West Indies, ranging from July 12.
The sequence shall be adopted by three ODIs and 5 T20Is.
(With companies inputs)
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com