India's defeat in the pink-ball Test against Australia has not sent shockwaves across the cricket spectrum, but certain changes have been prescribed for Rohit Sharma and his team. India made three changes to the playing XI for the day-night Test, bringing in Shubman Gill, Ravichandran Ashwin and the skipper. However, Rohit batted at the sixth spot, allowing KL Rahul to stay on top after his productive performance. show in the Perth test. However, Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar has urged Rohit to change that in the third Test.
Reflecting on India's defeat in the Adelaide Test, Gavaskar has urged Rohit to return to his opening spot, alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal, in Brisbane, leaving Rahul to bat at No. 5 or No. 6.
“He has to return to his regular spot. We have to remember why Rahul was opened. He did that because Rohit Sharma was not available for the first Test,” Gavaskar said on Sports Tak.
“Now I can understand why they kept him as an opener in the second Test. He had a partnership of over 200 with Jaiswal. But now that he couldn't score in this Test, I feel Rahul should go back to No.5 or No.6 and Rohit Sharma should open if Rohit scores quickly in the beginning then he can score a big century later too,” he added to it.
Rohit, during the post-match press conference with reporters, admitted that the batting unit crumbled against the pink ball challenge. But from the next match onwards the team must seize its chances.
“A disappointing week for us, we didn't play well, and Australia played better cricket than us and won the Test match. We failed to take our chances. We didn't bat well enough, probably 30-40 runs short with the batted in the first innings. There were chances when Australia were batting and we didn't take those chances, it's never easy,” Rohit had said at the press conference.
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