Rohit Sharma is one of the best that India ever has produced and is one of the finest of modern-day cricket. His arsenal is as wide as it can be and his ability to pounce on the bowlers is unrivalled.
However, his recent outings may be a point of slight concern as his exploits have been bare minimum with a couple of decent knocks which could have been easily converted into big ones. It felt as if he threw his wicket away and that isn’t a decent sign for the Indian offing.
Sunil Gavaskar recently quoted in an interview that Rohit Should be a bit mindful about his recent displays instead of being carried away by the tide of support and admiration the fans have for him. He is undoubtedly one of the best but even the best has dark patches.
Cricket is a religion in India that has seen the worst from its fans where the same players who have been worshipped have seen their effigies burning while their close ones are being threatened. All it takes for the nation to flip is just one big slip.
A close look at Rohit’s last ten innings will be ringing quite a few warning bells as he has registered only three 40 plus scores and one 20 plus score that came in the opening innings of the first Sri Lanka Test.
Rohit Sharma has seen a steep dip in his numbers recently
Rohit Sharma has scored in single digits in four games out of the last ten while he has fallen for 13 and 19 in the remaining two games. The kind of batter that Rohit and especially given the new role of captaincy that he has been shouldered with, he will need to take a step back and think twice maybe.
It is all good until the team is performing but once the team hits a dark phase, the attention will shift from collective displays to individual ones which particularly can be searing aftermath of the public’s love.
Even though the last ten innings do not define the caliber of Rohit Sharma and the intensity that he brings to the table is absolutely overwhelming yet Gavaskar didn’t want India’s brightest batting star at the moment to fade away earlier than expected.
With two World Cups coming in two years, India will be hoping for their Hitman to be at his finest and Sunil Gavaskar, being the ardent aficionado of Indian cricket that he is, ever since his stepping down from the game, will not ask for anything different.
