Sanjay Bangar opined that Rohit Sharma’s poor recent form could be a drag-on effect of India’s 2024 T20 World Cup triumph. He pointed out that the Men in Blue struggled after their 1983 and 2011 ODI World Cup wins as well.
India suffered a 1-3 loss to Australia in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25. Rohit aggregated 31 runs at a dismal average of 6.20 in five innings and left himself out of the playing XI for the final Test.
During a discussion on the Star Sports show ‘Follow the Blues’, Bangar was asked whether Rohit’s issues are greater than the ones bothering Virat Kohli.
Rohit has aggregated 164 runs at an average of 10.93 in eight Tests since India’s 2024 T20 World Cup win. However, he impressed in the three ODIs in Sri Lanka, scoring 157 runs at an average of 52.33 and a strike rate of 141.44, although India lost the series 0-2.
In the same discussion, Sanjay Bangar noted that Rohit Sharma’s hunger for Test cricket could dictate his future in the game’s longest format.
The cricketer-turned-commentator urged the Indian captain to follow Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara’s examples and play domestic cricket.
In a recent interview, Rohit disclosed that skipping the Sydney Test did not imply that he was looking to retire from Tests. It remains to be seen if the Mumbaikar plies his trade in the next round of the Ranji Trophy to regain his form.
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