The ex-India star in question here is Manoj Tiwary, who has backed Rohit to return to form in the coming future despite the 37-year-old’s extended batting slump
India skipper Rohit Sharma has come under immense criticism following the Men in Blue’s 3-1 defeat in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar series against Australia.
Rohit’s batting woes continued throughout the series and eventually he was dropped from the playing XI for the fifth and final Test in Sydney. Despite all this, former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary has backed the 37-year-old to return to form, claiming that his lack of runs can be attributed to his low self-confidence.
“The performance is not going well, there is no doubt about it. If the performance was going well he would not have dropped himself. After what happened in Sydney in the final Test, he himself clarified in his interview that he was not scoring runs, which is why he felt he should not play,” Tiwary told IANS.
“When you are not scoring runs you lose your self-confidence and if your confidence is down, then your run-scoring percentage also falls down. He will definitely work on his batting. He is a blistering run-scorer in white-ball cricket and holds a lot of potential, a player of his calibre might take time to return to form so I believe he holds the potential to rectify his performances in red-ball cricket as well,” Tiwary added.
Defeat in the Sydney Test saw India’s hopes of reaching the World Test Championship (WTC) final get crushed. Another loss which led to the Men in Blue crashing out of the tournament, was the humiliating 0-3 series whitewash against New Zealand.
“The performance has not been good. The performance in the Test match was not good. It has been good in T20, we won the World Cup a few months ago but now we have seen in Test cricket, we lost the home series 3-0 against New Zealand, that has happened after a lot of regret, this does not happen normally and should not happen either because you were playing in home conditions,” Tiwary said.
