Rohit Sharma, the skipper is in the form of his life as against England he showed that he can play the waiting game as well apart from the brutal gameplan. Rohit Sharma has looked calm & composed throughout the tournament and it won’t be wrong to say that the batter wants to make the tournament a big one and win the championship.
Rohit Sharma’s tactics were spot on as defending 229 runs was never going to be easy given the firepower the England cricket team had. Rohit Sharma was seen having animated conversations with the former skipper Virat Kohli as the duo are making life harder for the opposition teams on the field as well.
Head coach Rahul Dravid would be worried after the rare failure of top order. The likes of KL Rahul & Shreyas Iyer couldn’t deliver when the team badly needed. At the same time, it won’t be wrong to say that the side is way dependent on Virat & Rohit which states that nothing significant has changed ever since 2019 ODI WC.
The artistry sets Rohit Sharma apart- Sanjay Manjrekar
Sanjay Manjrekar was having an interaction with Star Sports and lauded Rohit Sharma’s fine knock against England in ODI WC 2023. Sanjay Manjrekar pointed out that the conditions were quite tricky and gave credit to Rohit Sharma for not panicking when the top order unexpectedly fell like a pack of cards.
“When we talk about Rohit Sharma’s ODI batting and his greatness, we talk about the three double hundreds, and he scored a quick hundred recently as well. But according to me, this knock is one of the greatest ODI innings,” said Sanjay Manjrekar.
“There are two or three reasons for that – the pitch was slightly tricky in the afternoon, the bowling challenge was quite good, the tactics Jos Buttler used were also high quality, and India were under pressure,” he stated.
“You might remember a shot he played, I think off Adil Rashid’s bowling, it was an extremely small gap, and he hit a drive with power to find the boundary. Then he hit Moeen Ali over mid-off against the turn. This artistry sets Rohit Sharma apart,” he added.
“It’s not only Rohit, six or seven Indian players are at their peak. We talk about generation gap but nowadays there is a huge gap between India’s cricket and the other teams’ cricket,” he concluded.