Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly has said he is unsure about Rohit Sharma’s international cricket future. This comes after Rohit Sharma’s underwhelming performance during the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.
Rohit Sharma’s performance has been dipped since the home season 2024-25 which began a few months ago and his captaincy skills have also been questioned with India’s poor show down under.
He has scored around 150 runs in his last 14 test innings which created concerns about his future. Sourav Ganguly did not mince his words saying Rohit is not able to score runs of late.
However, he refused to comment about the Indian captain’s future as he doesn’t know where he is ‘mentally’. Since missing the Perth Test where India secured a 295-run victory, Rohit has recorded scores of 3,6,10 and 3.
In the Adelaide and Brisbane tests, Rohit batted at No.6. However, a poor string of scores resulted in Rohit returning as an opener in Melbourne.
Even in the previous series against New Zealand, the right-handed batter failed to get going and got out cheaply.
“Rohit Sharma is not able to score runs. He played a loose shot in the first innings. There is a second innings here in Melbourne and two more innings in Sydney so he needs to play well. India will need Rohit to fire,” told Ganguly.
Ganguly also spoke about Rohit Sharma’s future. Earlier Sunil Gavaskar had said that Rohit might give up tests if he fails to score in Melbourne and Sydney.
“I don’t know where Rohit is mentally. It is very difficult to comment right now,” said Ganguly.
Earlier, former Australian batter Mark Waugh said that if Rohit is not able to score runs in the crucial fourth innings of the Melbourne Test, then he should pass the captaincy to Jasprit Bumrah.
However, Rohit is not the only one struggling for runs. Despite hitting a century in Perth, Virat Kohli has struggled for runs and has constantly gotten out, chasing wide deliveries bowled outside the off stump.
“Virat Kohli is not playing badly, but just getting out. He scored a century in Perth, was set in the first innings (Melbourne) and was playing nicely,” said Ganguly.
Currently, Australia and India are involved in a high electrifying clash and the visitors are struggling to keep wicket on day 05 at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
