India captain Rohit Sharma has some powerful inquiries to reply after the group’s defeat within the pink-ball Check towards Australia in Adelaide. Rohit changed Jasprit Bumrah because the skipper for the group after India comprehensively defeated Australia within the opening match at Perth. Nonetheless, Rohit’s captaincy regarded lackluster within the day-night Check, the place India suffered a humbling 10-wicket defeat. As consultants pose vital questions in entrance of Rohit, former India batter Aakash Chopra stays baffled by the captain’s utilization of marquee pacer Jasprit Bumrah within the recreation.
In a video on his YouTube channel, Chopra addresses some questions from followers. As one fan requested about Rohit’s captaincy within the match, Chopra was fast to claim how dangerous the Hitman’s decision-making was in Adelaide.
“You might be completely proper, my good friend. Did we bowl bouncers to Head? It’s a must to bowl bouncers on Head’s head. Till we do this, he would not get out and retains troubling us. He has finished that earlier and is doing it now additionally. He did that within the World Cup ultimate and the WTC ultimate as nicely,” he mentioned.
“Jasprit Bumrah had bowled a four-over spell and had already picked up a wicket in that. So why did he bowl solely 4 overs, and did not bowl after that in any respect? He did not bowl in your complete session. So you might be one hundred pc proper once you say that you simply missed a trick in captaincy. Rohit’s captaincy – let’s name a spade a spade. We noticed defensive captaincy. He allowed the match to float,” he added.
“I’ve introduced one other listing as nicely – essentially the most consecutive losses by an Indian captain. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi misplaced six consecutive matches in 1967. After that, Sachin Tendulkar in 1999, and in case you come to the twenty first century, MS Dhoni twice misplaced 4 consecutive matches, Virat Kohli misplaced 4 consecutive matches in 2020-21, and now Rohit Sharma has already misplaced 4 consecutive matches,” he mentioned.
“He wasn’t the captain within the Perth match. In order that win would not rely for him. If we depart the final century, it is Dhoni, Kohli, and Rohit, and the largest regarding factor, which could not be with anybody else, is three consecutive losses at dwelling. The captaincy has been slightly lackluster,” he added.
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