‘There is a weakness’- Sunil Gavaskar expresses concern over Rohit Sharma’s form after failure against Afghanistan

Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar has voiced concerns over Rohit Sharma’s batting form. The 37-year-old yet again was dismissed by a left-arm pacer in India’s Super8 match of the T20 World Cup against Afghanistan. 

Speaking to Star Sports India at the end of the match, Sunil Gavaskar said, “He is an experinced batter. He knows what he has got to do. You cannot really tell Rohit Sharma to change his game because of the angle of the bowler.”

Rohit Sharma scored just 8 runs with the bat before he was dismissed by Fazalhaq Farooqi. The Indian skipper also fell to left-arm pacer Saurabh Netravalkar in the last game while attempting to play across the line. 

Sunil Gavaskar points out flaws in Rohit Sharma’s game 

Team India may have won their first Super 8 match versus Afghanistan but there were lots of concerns. One of the concerns is the form of Indian skipper Rohit Sharma who has been falling to the left-arm pacers. 

While highlighting the flaws during his chat with Star Sports India, Gavaskar went on to say, “Yes, sometimes you might say, because of the angle, don't hit towards the on-side, maybe look to play the inside out shot over extra cover. Either things you try and maybe understand that is what he should have done.” 

India’s next match is against Bangladesh, who have Mustafizur Rahman in their line-up. The Bangladeshi pacer has troubled the Indian skipper on many occasions and got the better of Rohit Sharma in many such encounters. If India are to win the match, Rohit Sharma's form has to get better, especially as India are on the cusp of making it to the semi-finals. 

The 1983 winner also added, “But a man who has got so much of tons and tons of experience of playing limited-overs cricket doesn't need to. He has got out. At the end of the day, batters have some way to get out.”

The former Indian skipper ended by saying, “If you get out caught behind you can't say you have got a weakness against the off-stump. If you have scored 10,000 to 15,000 runs and get out maybe 40 times outside off-stump that doesn't feel there is a weakness.”