‘Rohit Sharma took a call in his interests’: Former player’s big charge on India captain | Cricket News – Newz9

NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma confronted wrath from followers and cricket pundits after he promoted himself to opening in the Boxing Day Test in opposition to Australia at MCG, a transfer that backfired miserably because the Indian captain’s woeful run with the bat continued.
Rohit has struggled, making solely 31 runs from 5 innings, with scores of three, 6, 10, 3, and 9, ensuing in a dismal common of 6.20 – the bottom by a touring captain on Australian soil.
Rohit’s resolution additionally led to KL Rahul being moved to quantity three, whereas Shubman Gill was dropped from the taking part in XI.

Former India opener Aakash Chopra voiced his ire, highlighting that in the previous, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli made daring selections to strive Rohit as an opener in ODIs and Tests, respectively, in an effort to revive his profession.
“For the first time in his career, he has taken a call for himself. In the past, calls have been taken for him. MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli took calls for him to move him from middle-order to opener. Dhoni did in ODIs, Virat did in Tests because they wanted Rohit to fire,” Aakash Chopra stated on his YouTube present.
Chopra emphasised that Rohit’s call was completely in his personal pursuits and never in the group’s since dropping Gill and relegating Rahul to quantity three weren’t advantageous for India.

“For the first time, captain Rohit took a call and it was totally in his interests. It was not in the team’s interests. Let’s be very honest. It can’t be in the team’s interests because Rahul was opening very well. Shubman Gill did well in 2023, he has played in tough situations too. added.
“All it is because Rohit thought of himself, not in one of the best pursuits of the group. For the primary time in his captaincy profession. It did not prove advantageous. India weren’t ready to attract,” Chopra additional stated.
India suffered a 184-run drubbing by Australia in the fourth Test and now path 1-2 in the 5-match sequence with the final Test in Sydney beginning on January 3.