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‘Hopefully, common sense prevails’ – Former India player asks Rohit Sharma to bat in the middle order against Australia

Former Indian cricket star Dodda Ganesh asks Rohit Sharma to bat in the middle order for rest of the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia

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Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has finally made his way to Australia after he delayed his departure due to the arrival of his 2nd child. The 37-year-old didn’t play the first Test match that is taking place in Perth. Rohit will now play the two day game against Prime Ministers XI before making his comeback during the Adelaide Test. 

Former India player Dodda Ganesh wrote a series of tweets where he said that KL Rahul should continue to open the batting. Ganesh wrote “This opening partnership has to stay and Rohit will have to bat in the middle order. Hopefully, common sense prevails”

In yet another tweet Ganesh had writer “Just have KL Rahul opening throughout the tour. For heavens sake don’t shuffle his spot again. He’s the best bet to handle the conditions with the new ball. Rohit can bat in the middle order”. KL Rahul scored 26 in the first innings and followed it up with 74 runs in the second innings. 

Adam Gilchrist gives his views on Rohit Sharma’s batting spot

Former Australian great Adam Gilchrist spoke to CRICBUZZ and gave his views on Rohit Sharma’s likely batting spot. The former Aussie great said “What a headache to have two days into a series. Coming over here after a 3-0 dumping to New Zealand and there's a little bit of panic and chaos and uncertainty, and they go up underground for ten days in their build-up and all of a sudden here we are spoilt for options”

Gilchrist went onto say “Nice options for India to have. There's a lot to play out between now and then. We need to see what happens with Shubman Gill, how quickly that injury can heal. What Rohit's mindset is when he turns up, does he come and allow himself a bit more time to be ready for, say, the third test up at the Gabba?"

“So many variables in there. It's purely speculation at the moment, but I guess the one thing we do know is the point we touched on KL Rahul is versatile enough to feel any number of those roles and if he's left out after what he's achieved in this series, it'll be a tough leave. It'd be a hard call, but you would assume that they would only do it if they felt that they were making the Indian team stronger for it," Adam Gilchrist ended by saying 

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