New Delhi: Indian captain Rohit Sharma is having a tough time with the bat in Test cricket and the recent failure in the ongoing Boxing-Day Test against Australia only adds to the external noise being escalated. Rohit made just three runs off five deliveries as he promoted himself to open the batting order this time, but the move didn’t show the desired result as he was dismissed by his opposite number Pat Cummins for another low score.
Rohit went to pull Cummins in the start of the innings only to find the leading edge of his bat and it was a customary catch for Scott Boland near the mid-on region. The Indian captain has struggled on this Australian tour, having made just 22 runs from four innings at a poor average of 5.50. He has scored a total of 155 runs in his last eight Test innings for India at an average of 11.07 in 14 innings to be precise with just one half-century being scored.
According to a report by news agency PTI, India’s current chief national selector Ajit Agarkar is present in Melbourne to watch the fourth Test match between the two fierce rivals. The report suggests that a possibility could be that Agarkar and Rohit talk about the latter’s future in Test cricket in case there is no improvement with his scores in the next three potential innings.
Rohit Sharma can follow Ashwin into retirement?
This can come in the wake of veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin calling his time on his 14-year Test career after the third Test in Brisbane ended in a draw. The 38-year-old all-rounder’s decision to retire in the middle of the five-match Test series has suddenly indicated at a potential transition in the Indian team as their chances to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) final are hanging by a thread.
Rohit Sharma missed the first Test match in Perth after the captain opted to stay back in India on the account of the birth of his second child. He joined the squad at the end of the first Test and returned to lead the team. India lost the pink-ball Day-Night Test in Adelaide before the rain showers influenced the draw in the third match. India won the first Test by a heavy margin of 295 runs.
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