Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar predicted the probable chink in the armour of Rohit Sharma’s Test match batting ahead of the WTC final starting on June 7 at the Oval.
Speaking on Star Sports, Manjrekar said, “His batting has become almost faultless in Test cricket at the moment. There is just one problem we have seen in Test matches – he gets out while playing the pull shot at times. They have bowled him a short ball and kept a fielder there. That is an instinctive shot.”
“If you see in ODI cricket, his pull shot is extremely interesting. His back lift doesn’t come from the top, so that he can play the ball down. He has a very low back lift, he just picks up the ball and the bat, then goes behind his back in the follow-through to give the power,” he added.
Speaking about Rohit’s lack of form in the recently concluded Indian Premier League season, Manjrekar said, “Keep his IPL form aside because he looked out of form in the last IPL as well… we saw the amazing batting he did in the first Test match against Australia. I believe the stage of his career Rohit Sharma is in, Test cricket seems to be the most exciting format for him just like it has always been for Virat Kohli.”
Despite his poor form in white-ball cricket, Rohit has been in decent nick in red-ball cricket. He scored a magnificent ton against Australia in Border-Gavaskar in Nagpur and looked in sublime touch in various stages of the series.
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