The India skipper’s childhood coach Dinesh Lad stated that Rohit hasn’t retired from both one-day and Test format yet because he wants to win the ODI World Cup and WTC
India skipper Rohit Sharma’s childhood coach Dinesh Lad suggested the 37-year-old to play a few domestic matches following his dismal batting displays in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar series. Rohit, who didn’t feature in both the first and last Test of the Australia tour, only accumulated 31 runs in the 5 innings that he played in the series.
Following these heavily poor batting performances, Rohit was criticized by several former cricketers and also by the media. He also came under fire for his leadership skills. Following the 3-1 series defeat against Australia, India lost all chances to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) final which is set to played later this year at Lord’s.
Lad highlighted that Rohit isn’t the only player in the Indian team who is currently struggling to score runs. He added that Rohit still has the aspiration to win both the ODI World Cup and the WTC that is why he only retired from the T20I format.
“I think Rohit has only two goals – first to win the World Test Championship and second to win the ODI World Cup. If he wanted he could have retired from all formats (after T20 World Cup title) but he only retired from T20 cricket. He is not the only cricketer who was struggling to score runs. He should play one or two domestic games to prepare for Test matches,” Lad told IANS.
“Because of T20 cricket, the mindset of batters has changed. He is a technically sound cricketer and against England last year he was scoring good runs. If we win, people call Rohit the best captain but when we lose people say he doesn’t know captaincy,” Lad added.
Rohit’s next assignment will come in the form of the 3-match ODI series against England which will b hosted by India before the Men in Blue gear up for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy which is set to commence from February 19.
