This time, Rohit Sharma has encountered some very hard questions after the defeat by Australia in the pink-ball Test at Adelaide. After India whitewashed Australia in the first Test at Perth, Rohit was appointed captain when Jasprit Bumrah stepped down. The captaincy which Rohit had put forth on this day-night Test with India saw him being humble by the day-night Test with the difference being that the latter two were 10 races apart. With that, former Indian batter Aakash Chopra remains puzzled at how Rohit used marquee pacer Jasprit Bumrah into the awful performance from India at Adelaide.
Chopra posted the video on his channel on YouTube. The cricketer had been taking some fans’ questions. “is it right or wrong” was the query by one fan, who inquired of Chopra how sensibly Rohit led the team. He immediately went on to say how terrible the Hitman’s decision making was in Adelaide.
“You are absolutely right, my friend. Did we bowl bouncers to Head? You have to bowl bouncers on Head’s head. Until we do that, he does not get out and keeps bothering us. He has done that earlier and is doing it now as well. He did that in the World Cup final and the WTC final as well,” he said.
“Bumrah had bowled four overs and already taken a wicket in that.” So why was he not bowling after that? He didn’t bowl in the entire session. So, when you say that you missed a trick in captaincy, you are 100% right. Rohit’s captaincy-it was defensive captaincy, let’s call a spade a spade. We saw a match allowed to drift due to his decisions,” he added.
Here is another list – the most consecutive losses incurred by an Indian captain. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, in the year 1967, lost six matches in a row. After Pataudi, Sachin Tendulkar lost in 1999, and as we come into the 21st century, MS Dhoni lost four times in a row two times, Virat Kohli lost four matches in a row in 2020-21, and now Rohit Sharma has already lost four matches in a row,” he said.
No, he was not the captain of the Perth match. So, that doesn’t count as a victory for him. Back in the century, it’s Dhoni, Kohli, and Rohit; the biggest concern, which might not be in the category of anyone else, three continuous losses at home have impacted the captaincy a little absurd,” he added.