- Indian team captain Rohit Sharma’s poor performance continues, due to which he is being criticized a lot. Along with this, he is also being accused that he is playing despite his poor form only because he is the captain.
Rohit Sharma: Indian team captain Rohit Sharma is being heavily criticized after his poor performance. Opening batsman Rohit Sharma’s performance has not been as expected for some time now. He was a complete flop in the matches played against Sri Lanka (ODI), Bangladesh (Test series), New Zealand (Test series) and Australia (Test series abroad).
After scoring 31 runs in 3 matches against Australia, he had to be dropped from the team. With this, he also became the first captain of the Indian team who was dropped from the team after poor form. But you will be surprised that Rohit Sharma has got this punishment for ruining the careers of 3 openers.
Dhawan and Mayank were dropped
Rohit Sharma has played an important role in ruining the career of former Indian team opener and Rohit Sharma’s fellow opener Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan played his last match for India against Bangladesh in the year 2022. But after being flopped in some matches, this player was shown the way out. After this, Dhawan made every possible effort to make a comeback, but despite Rohit being the captain, he did not get a chance to return to the team. Finally, after making every effort, he retired from international cricket on 24 August 2024.
The same has been the case with Mayank Agarwal. Mayank Agarwal, who has played as an opening batsman for the Indian team, was also dropped after his poor form. But despite repeatedly performing well in domestic tournaments, he is not getting a chance to play again.
Mayank is the highest run scorer in the Vijay Hazare Trophy being played in India, but it will be interesting to see whether he gets a chance in the team for the ODI series against England starting this year or BCCI will once again ignore him and bet on out of form players.
Ishaan Kishan is also out
Wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan, who has played for India and IPL under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, has been out of the team for a long time. Ishan Kishan played his last ODI for India against Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup on 11 October 2023. In this match, a good innings of 47 runs in 47 balls was seen from his bat, but after that, he has not been able to return to ODIs again.
Ishan was last seen playing under Rohit’s captaincy. Ishan is also performing very well in domestic tournaments, but despite this, he is not getting a chance to return to Team India. It would not be wrong to say that captain Rohit Sharma has played an important role in ruining the careers of these players.
An eye on Rohit’s performance
The performance of captain Rohit Sharma, who dropped the better-performing opener batsmen, has also not been anything special. Rohit Sharma scored only 90 runs in two Tests for India in the year 2022, while in 2023 he was able to score 545 runs in 13 innings of 8 Tests with the help of two centuries and two half-centuries. After this, in 2024, he scored only 619 runs in 26 innings of 14 Tests with a meager average of 24.76.
During this period, he could score only 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries. Rohit has scored only 4 centuries and 4 half-centuries in his last 42 innings. His poor performance continues, but despite this, he is continuously playing matches. On the Australia tour, Rohit Sharma was able to score only 31 runs in 5 innings of 3 Tests at a meager average of 6. After this, due to increasing pressure, he himself had to leave the team.