- Team India’s regular captain Rohit Sharma is going through a bad form at the moment. His performance in Test cricket is very poor. His bad form can be gauged from this
Rohit Sharma: Team India’s regular captain Rohit Sharma is going through a bad form at the moment. His performance in Test cricket is inferior. His poor form can be gauged from the fact that he has not been able to score 50 runs even once in the last 13 innings. This is why there is a discussion about dropping him from the Test team.
There is also a discussion about giving a chance to another player in Test cricket in his place. In such a situation, let us tell you about those 3 players who can replace Rohit in the Indian team by making their debut.
These 3 players can replace Rohit Sharma
Abhimanyu Easwaran
Bengal batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran can replace Rohit Sharma in Team India for Tests. Let us tell you that till now this player has not been able to make his international debut. But if he makes his debut then it can benefit Team India a lot. Because he is a suitable batsman for Tests.
This is proved by looking at his pile of runs in domestic cricket. If we look at his performance in domestic cricket, he made his debut in first class cricket in 2013. So far he has participated in 99 first class matches. In these matches, he has scored 7,638 runs at an average of 49.92. He has scored 27 centuries and 29 half-centuries. His highest score has been 233.
Rituraj Gaikwad
Apart from Abhimanyu Easwaran, Rituraj Gaikwad can also be in Team India for Tests as Rohit Sharma’s successor. According to cricket experts, Gaikwad is a brilliant batsman. He is a technically adept batsman. He has the ability to bat with timing in his batting.
If we look at his performance in domestic cricket, he has batted in 56 innings of 33 first-class matches. In this, Rituraj has scored 2281 runs at an average of 42.24. 6 centuries and 12 half-centuries have come from his bat. His biggest innings is of 195 runs.
sai Sudarshan
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Tamil Nadu’s Sai Sudarshan can also replace Rohit Sharma by making his Test debut in Team India. Let us tell you that Sai is a classic batsman in every format. But in Test cricket, he can become Rohit’s real replacement because this batsman can bat both fast and slow.
That means this player’s game awareness is excellent. If we talk about Sai’s performance in domestic cricket, he has scored 1948 runs in 28 matches at an average of 41.44, which includes 7 centuries and 5 half-century innings. His best performance has been 213 runs.