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Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan was of the opinion that had Rohit not been the leader of the pack, he would have been dropped long ago.
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Rohit Sharma has been under fire for a string of poor performances. The Indian captain hasn’t been at his best in Test cricket recently, and during the series in Australia, he seemed unsure as a leader too. In his last 8 Test matches, his highest score was just 52, which came against New Zealand in Bengaluru. Out of 14 innings, he got out for single-digit scores 10 times and even went scoreless once. He tried batting lower in the order, but that didn’t work out either.
More fingers were raised at his place in the Test side after India lost the fourth fixture of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by 184 runs at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Monday. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan was of the opinion that had Rohit not been the leader of the pack, he would have been dropped long ago.
“What’s happening now is that he is the captain, so he is playing. If he were not the captain, he might not be playing right now,” Pathan told in Star Sports.
“You would have had a set team. K.L. Rahul would have been playing at the top. Jaiswal would have been there. Shubman Gill would have been there. If we talk about reality, considering how he is struggling with the bat, there might not have been a place for him in the playing XI. But because he is the captain, and you want to win the next match to draw the series, he stays in the team,” he added.
Pathan further expressed his disappointment over not being able to see Rohit in his true colours, suggesting that there’s something wrong with the Indian captain.
“But his form is so poor. Even in India, even before coming here, he wasn’t scoring runs, and he still hasn’t scored runs. This is a very disappointing scene when I see Rohit Sharma batting. Because whenever I see Rohit Sharma batting, I always want to see him bat. But now, his form, the way he is going forward, whether it is his mindset or the coordination with his body, I can’t see that at all,” Pathan concluded.
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Melnourne, Australia
