“Unmistakably Sluggish”: Sunil Gavaskar Not Satisfied With Rohit Sharma’s Footwork
India skipper Rohit Sharma had an odd beginning to the Cricket World Cup 2023 that saw him excused for a duck against Australia. It wasn’t simply Rohit yet individual opening player Ishan Kishan and center request star Shreyas Iyer who additionally caused ducks in the match. However KL Rahul and Virat Kohli protected India, assisting the group with getting a 6-wicket win, Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar wasn’t satisfied with what he saw from the captain Rohit, particularly taking into account he had hit 5 tons in the 2019 version of the competition.
Rohit was India’s best hitter in the 2019 ODI World Cup however the 2023 mission got off to an unfortunate beginning for him. One of the integral purposes behind Gavaskar, behind Rohit’s unfortunate return from the match, was his footwork being ‘tangibly sluggish’.
“In the last competition in 2019, Rohit Sharma, the Indian captain, hit five centuries and a couple of half-hundreds of years as well. This time around, which could well be his last World Cup, he has started with a zero in the principal game. The footwork is obviously delayed to begin with, and that makes him helpless against the approaching conveyance. In the event that he can rediscover the 2019 structure, then India will be guaranteed of a generally excellent beginning to their mission,” Gavaskar wrote in his segment for Sportstar.
With India facing Afghanistan next, Gavaskar feels India can’t be characterized as ‘top picks’ in spite of dominating their most memorable game against Australia in persuading style.
“The supposed minnows, Afghanistan and the Netherlands, have begun with routs as additionally Sri Lanka who needed to fit the bill for the competition.
“It will be a long stretch for every one of the groups, and nobody can be named as top choices after they have played their most memorable match. That is the reason this competition could well be the most energizing of all,” he further wrote in the section.
