Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has urged star batter Rohit Sharma to deal with his sport as an alternative of captaincy. India captain Rohit Sharma goes via to tough patch within the ongoing five-match Test collection in opposition to England. He has managed scores of 24, 39, 14 and 13 within the first two Tests. Speaking on Rohit’s type, Manjrekar feels that the star batter has overburdened himself with the load of captaincy, and it’s inflicting a detrimental affect on his batting.

“I just wonder whether Rohit Sharma is getting too caught up in trying to make an impact as a leader. It’s got to be Rohit Sharma the batter first and then the captain because when you’re captain, most things are beyond your control,” Manjrekar mentioned throughout a chat with ESPNCricinfo.

Manjrekar urged Rohit to observe former India captain MS Dhoni‘s funda of following the method, saying that batting must be his first precedence.

“Try and do the right things and hold the words of MS Dhoni. You do the process and wait for things to happen, but batting is something that’s within his control very much,” the cricketer-turned-commentator added.

In the top, Manjrekar hoped that Rohit can regain his type from 2021 the place he scored ton of runs through the tour of England.

“If Rohit Sharma becomes the Rohit Sharma for a couple of years back, especially the one that we saw in England in that full series would be great. The Rohit Sharma that we saw in the first Test match in the home series against Australia. He’s got to go back to where he looked like a batter who looked supreme in Test matches. We want Rohit Sharma getting runs,” Manjrekar additional defined.

Meanwhile, India received the second Test in Vizag by 106 runs to attract stage within the 5-match collection.

The collection is now finely poised as they take a break earlier than the third Test in Rajkot, starting on February 15.

The England gamers had flown to Abu Dhabi after the second Test and can return to India earlier than the third match.