Former India Nationwide Cricket Crew batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has slammed the skipper Rohit Sharma for his captaincy blunder within the Check collection opener in opposition to the New Zealand Nationwide Cricket Crew on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The hosts confronted a stunning 8-wicket loss by the hands of Tom Latham & Co. to go down 0-1 within the ongoing three-match Check collection.
Rohit Sharma Surpasses Virat Kohli In Undesirable Record
The victory of New Zealand over India in Check cricket was the third total and the primary since 1988. It was Rohit Sharma’s third loss as skipper in Check cricket at dwelling and he went previous Virat Kohli in an undesirable checklist of Indian captains with most losses in dwelling Assessments.
Kohli, who is among the greatest captains within the historical past of Indian cricket, misplaced simply two Check matches at dwelling throughout his extremely profitable tenure because the captain.
In the meantime, the loss in opposition to the BlackCaps was the third defeat of Rohit in Check cricket at dwelling. With this, he went previous Kohli and equaled MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Bishan Singh Bedi’s report as additionally they had an analogous variety of defeats in dwelling Assessments.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi confronted probably the most (9) Check defeats as Indian captain on dwelling soil, and Kapil Dev, together with Mohammad Azharuddin, is joint-second with 4 losses.
I used to be a bit stunned, I believe tactically for Rohit Sharma, this Check match wasn’t his best – Sanjay Manjrekar
Talking after the match on ESPNcricinfo, Sanjay Manjrekar shared his ideas on Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. Notably, Rohit Sharma began off along with his pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj as New Zealand have been chasing 107 runs on the ultimate day.
Bumrah bowled an prolonged spell and obtained two wickets, however Siraj was not in a position to get any breakthroughs. Additionally, Rohit did not usher in Ravichandran Ashwin early and solely introduced him when 10 runs have been wanted to defend.
This act by Rohit Sharma did not go properly with Sanjay Manjrekar. The previous India batter reckoned that Rohit was not tactically superb within the Bengaluru Check and made a blunder by letting Siraj bowl an extended spell with out being profitable in choosing wickets. Sanjay Manjrekar acknowledged:
“The factor with pacers, you may get wickets, however there are all the time runs coming by means of edges. I used to be a bit stunned, I believe tactically for Rohit Sharma, this Check match wasn’t his best. I can perceive Siraj getting one or two overs and Bumrah getting an extended spell. However Siraj getting 6 overs in that forespell, I believe that’s far too many and already loads of runs on the board, and also you had that little margin to chase.”
He would have been robust for the Kiwi batters – Sanjay Manjrekar on Ravichandran Ashwin
Manjrekar additional mentioned that the veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin would have made a big influence within the match by troubling the Kiwi batters, had he began off with Bumrah as a substitute of Siraj.
“And one other half is Aswhin. When there is no such thing as a lavish activate the pitch, the captain tends to make use of him with a brand new ball. He would have been robust for the Kiwi batters had he began off with Bumrah, and even when he had are available, within the fourth over of the inning,” Manjrekar added.
In the meantime, the Males In Blue and the BlackCaps are all set to play the second Check match from Thursday, October 24, on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune.
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