NEW DELHI: Following his poor efficiency towards Australia within the Border-Gavaskar TrophyIndia skipper Rohit Sharma’s childhood coach Dinesh Lad has really helpful that the opening batsman play just a few home matches to prepare for Test cricket.
India missed out on a 3rd consecutive berth within the World Test Championship ultimate after shedding the five-Test sequence 1-3.
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After lacking the primary Test of the sequence as a result of his second child was born, Rohit was unable to rating past 10 runs within the subsequent 5 innings and determined to relaxation for the fifth Test at Sydney Cricket Ground.
He acquired public criticism for his poor performances after scoring simply 31 runs in 5 innings of the sequence.
Additionally, his management skills had been questioned by the media and former cricket gamers, which value India an opportunity to win the ICC main in purple-ball cricket.
Dinesh Lad emphasised that Rohit’s targets had been to win the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup after successful the T20 World Cup the earlier yr. However, the coach suggested Rohit to prioritize taking part in home cricket over Test cricket following the debacle in Australia.
“I think Rohit has only two goals – first to win the World Test Championship and second to win the ODI World Cup. If he wanted he should have retired from all formats (after T20 World Cup title) but he only retired from T20 cricket. He is not the only cricketer who was struggling to score runs. He should play one or two domestic games to prepare for Test matches,” Dinesh Lad advised IANS.
“Because of T20 cricket, the mindset of batters has changed. He is a technically sound cricketer and against England last year he was scoring good runs. If we win, people call Rohit the best captain but when we lose people say he doesn’t know captaincy,” the Dronacharya awardee added.
Rohit will subsequent prepare for the white-ball match towards England prior to the Champions Trophy after a tough stretch in Test cricket. Beginning on January 22, India will host England for three ODIs and 5 T20Is.