Rohit Sharma: In the match played with Afghanistan on 20 June, Team India captain Rohit Sharma's bat remained silent. He lost his wicket while trying to play a big shot on Fazalhaq Farooqui's ball. Since then, many questions are being raised on him. Meanwhile, former Indian player Sunil Gavaskar has made a big statement about Rohit Sharma. He says that no one can ask the Hitman to change.

Gavaskar gave a big statement about Rohit Sharma

Actually, Team India's opening batsman Rohit Sharma is often seen getting trapped in front of left-arm bowlers. It is easy for left-arm pacers to take his wicket. Something similar was seen in the Super-8 stage match of T20 World Cup 2024 against Afghanistan on June 20. Left-arm fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui showed Rohit Sharma the way to the pavilion.

Since then, the Indian batsman has been facing trolling. In such a situation, now former Indian player Sunil Gavaskar has supported Rohit Sharma. He says that at this stage of his career, he cannot be expected to change.

Sunil Gavaskar defends Hitman

74-year-old Sunil Gavaskar said, “He is an experienced batsman. He knows what to do. You can't really tell Rohit Sharma to change his game depending on the angle of the bowlers. Yes, sometimes you can say, because of the angle – don't hit towards the on side. Maybe look to play like extra cover. All these things you can do and understand.”

Fazalhaq Farooqui had hunted Rohit Sharma

Fazalhaq Farooqi came to bowl in the third over of Team India's innings. He bowled a full toss ball on which Rohit Sharma tried to play a big shot, but the ball hit the lower part of the bat and went into the hands of Rashid Khan stationed at mid-on. With this, Rohit Sharma had to return to the pavilion after scoring eight runs off 13 balls.

Apart from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dubey and Rishabh Pant also flopped in this match. However, Suryakumar Yadav scored a half-century of 53 runs and took India's score to 181/8. In response, the Afghanistan team was all out after scoring 134 runs and lost the match by 47 runs.