Rohit Sharma was hero with the bat in first test against Australia in Nagpur.
When other Indian batters besides Jadeja & Axar Patel failed to read the deliveries of the debutant Todd Murphy, Rohit Sharma clearly dominated against the spinners and displayed his effortless batting. Rohit proved why he is one of the best spin hitters in the world.
Former New Zealand pacer Simon Doull said the Indian captain’s best comes under the tough situations. “I think Rohit is one of those cricketers, when things are tough, he fights. He’s just one of those tough blokes who stands up when the opposition is coming at you. He says come at me if you want. I’ll come at you harder. His captaincy is a little bit like that as well. When it’s been a bit hard, he has sort of found a way to fight through it. He has fought fire with fire. He was quite aggressive in his innings as well. When he plays with that sort of confidence, he puffs the chest out and takes on the opposition. I like that about him,” Doull told Sports Yaari.
“IIndia were always gonna play Jadeja and Axar and maybe they thought about Kuldeep as well. I think they missed a trick, they should have had a left-arm spinner in the XI. But when you look at what the debutant has done, it’s an interesting scenario. Teams going to India tend to pick spinners for the sake of picking one rather than picking their best bowlers. If your spinners aren’t quality enough up against high-quality batting then they are not going to have success. I think the biggest mistake they did was leaving Travis Head out. He was one of their best batters in Test cricket in recent times along with Labuschagne and Smith,” he added.
