Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar linked Rohit Sharma's poor batting form in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with the team's 2024 T20 World Cup victory last year. He feels the lingering impact of India's title win is still visible and it affects Rohit's batting.
Rohit Sharma had a tough time in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as he collected just 31 runs in three Tests at an average of 6.20. He came to series On the back of a disappointing home Test season in which he scored just 133 runs across 10 innings at an average of 13.30.
His poor returns affected India's performance as the team needed him to score runs and show experience in the tough Australian conditions. As a result, there is speculation about him retiring from the longest format of the game.
Rohit Sharma's poor form due to India winning T20 World Cup 2024 – Sanjay Bangar
While speaking on Star Sports' 'Follow the Blues' show, Sanjay Bangar spoke about Rohit Sharma's worrying form. Banjar claimed that the standard of the captain and the team tends to decline when a major title is won.
He cited the example of India winning the title in the 1983 World Cup where India thrashed West Indies in the series after winning the title over the same opponent. He also gave the example of 2011 when the team went through a difficult period after their famous victory.
“This happens when any captain wins a World Cup, be it T20 or ODI. I will remind you of the 1983 World Cup, where Kapil Dev's team beat West Indies, and then West Indies came to India and thrashed them,” Bangar observed.
“In 2011, we won the World Cup 50 years later, and it was a very bad time from 2011 to 2013. Maybe there is still a slight impact of that previous moment, and such things happen once or twice in decades. Is it so? The pullback effect Slight for that?” Argue.
Sanjay Bangar wants Rohit Sharma to return to domestic cricket
There has been a lot of talk about Rohit Sharma returning to domestic cricket to regain red-ball form. Sanjay Bangar advised Rohit Sharma to follow a path Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara And play local cricket.
“Playing domestic cricket has been discussed a lot. (Cheteshwar) Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have also been left out and their stature is no less and no greater than that of Rohit Sharma. Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara are still sweating even today on the dusty soil. He will have to show that kind of hunger,” said Bangar. “.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have been regulars in domestic cricket ever since they were dropped from the national tournament. difference. Pujara had stints in domestic cricket as well. Rahane was in good form recently in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Rohit Sharma's numbers since India won the 2024 T20 World Cup
Since India won the T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit Sharma has enjoyed an uninterrupted period of poor runs in Test cricket. Since winning the title, Rohit has scored just 164 runs in eight Tests at an average of 10.93.
He has already retired from the T20I format after India's T20 World Cup win but is still an active player in Tests and ODIs. Rohit has also played three ODI matches since India's T20 World Cup win in which he scored 157 runs at an average of 52.33 and a strike rate of 141.44.
