Former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar believes that Rohit Sharma should go back to opening the batting in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. In the last match, Rohit played at No. 5, which was the first time he didn’t open for India since 2019. Unfortunately, he only scored three and six runs, and India lost the match by 10 wickets.
India chose to keep KL Rahul as an opener with Yashasvi Jaiswal because Rahul had done well in the first Test. However, he only scored 37 and seven in this match. Gavaskar pointed out that Rahul only opened because Rohit was not available for the first Test. “Rohit should return to his regular opening position. Rahul should be moved back to No. 5 or No. 6,” Gavaskar said on Sports Tak.
Gavaskar explained that while Rahul did well in the first Test, his recent scores don’t justify continuing at the top of the order. He believes if Rohit starts well, he could score a big century later in the match.
After the pink-ball Test in Adelaide, Rohit felt that India was about 30-40 runs short in their first innings. “It was a disappointing week for us. We didn’t play well, and Australia played better cricket,” Rohit said in the press conference after the match. He also mentioned that India missed several chances to take wickets, making it hard to win.
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