As the Indian cricket staff heads into the World Test Championship remaining towards Australia, there are questions over the type of skipper Rohit Sharma. The Hitman had an strange season for Mumbai Indians within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, prompting many to query if he can ship within the title showdown towards Australia. However, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar would not really feel Rohit’s IPL kind ought to even be thought of as a fear as India gear up for the Test project.

Though Mumbai Indians certified for the playoffs within the IPL, Rohit didn’t contribute a lot to the trigger with the bat. In 16 matches, the Hitman solely scored 332 runs at a median of 20.75 and a strike-rate of 132.80. Manjrekar, nonetheless, stays unconcerned.

“Keep his IPL form aside because he looked out of form in the last IPL as well… we saw the amazing batting he did in the first Test match against Australia. I believe the stage of his career Rohit Sharma is in, Test cricket seems to be the most exciting format for him just like it has always been for Virat Kohli,” Manjrekar stated on Star Sports.

Getting into the technical features of Rohit’s batting, Manjrekar stated that Rohit’s batting within the longest format of the sport is sort of ‘faultless’.

“His batting has become almost faultless in Test cricket at the moment. There is just one problem we have seen in Test matches – he gets out while playing the pull shot at times. They have bowled him a short ball and kept a fielder there. That is an instinctive shot.”

“If you see in ODI cricket, his pull shot is extremely interesting. His back lift doesn’t come from the top, so that he can play the ball down. He has a very low back lift, he just picks up the ball and the bat then goes behind his back in the follow-through to give the power,” he defined.

The WTC remaining will probably be held on the Oval, beginning June 07.