Sunil Gavaskar commented on Rohit Sharma’s poor performance in the T20 World Cup, saying “In A Knockout Game, You Can’t”. Sunil Gavaskar, a famous cricketer. Say that Rohit Sharma’s performance will be essential for Team India going into the knockout rounds.
Since the Indian cricket squad is now focus on Thursday’s 2022 T20 World Cup semi-final match against England. After, taking first position in Group 2. obviously, this will be the team’s fourth participation in the last four of the T20I championship match. While the strong play of players like Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, and Arshdeep Singh among others can help India. Rohit Sharma, the team captain, is one older player who hasn’t completely joined the fun. With the exception of a century against the Netherlands. And, he has not scored much against Pakistan (4), South Africa (15), Bangladesh (2), and Zimbabwe (15). Incase, the knockout rounds begin, Rohit’s form will be key for Team India. Because of the burden his recent poor scores have put on other hitters. According, to Sunil Gavaskar, a former captain of India.
“Well, let’s just hope he is saving the runs for the next two matches. They are going to be the biggest matches. In a group game, you know there’s another game to follow, so you maybe sometimes try a little too much and get out. Now, these are knockout games. In a knockout game, you can’t afford to experiment too much. You need to be at your best. Let’s hope that Rohit comes good,”
According to Gavaskar, India Today.
Gavaskar continued by saying that Rohit’s approach of being overly aggressive is not helping him.
“What’s been happening is, he himself, as the captain of the team, has set this template in the first 6 overs to go bang, bang, and bang. Suddenly, he can’t be seen looking to work the ball around. He is always a good puller of the ball. But on Australian boundaries, that pull shot has got him into trouble,”
He said.
“We saw that two years ago as well, he got out twice by playing the pull shot after having scored 40-50 runs (in Tests). That’s got him into trouble again. In a T20 format with just one fielder in the first 6 overs, he has got to be mindful of the fielder and play the pull shot. It’s a productive shot for him, let’s not forget that.”
he continued
In the current Indian team, only Rohit was a part of the squad that won the World T20 in 2007. The Indian cricket community would like to see Rohit succeed in the knockout round as he is the captain and senior opener.