Shubman Gill, India cricket team skipper spoke about lack of runs of Rohit Sharma after the Indian team series loss against New Zealand. In the three-match series against New Zealand, Rohit Sharma endured a torrid time aggregating just 61 runs with his highest score being 26. In the last six ODIs, the right-handed batter entered the contest in a rich vein of form, having surpassed the score of 50 four time. However, Rohit Sharma was unable to continue the momentum against New Zealand and he struggled to score big. However, Rohit Sharma found help from Shubman Gill, who launched a defence when asked about lack of runs of Rohit Sharma.
Rohit Sharma scored just 11 runs in the third and final ODI against the New Zealand. The 38-year-old registered scores of 26, 24 and 11 in the three ODIs. Hence form of Rohit Sharma was questioned, given that India lost the series 2-1.
Shubman Gill was point out that Rohit scored runs against Australia and South Africa, and it was just a case of the experienced batter unable to convert starts.
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The Indian ODI skipper Shubman Gill said reporters at the post-match press conference ” I think he is been in terrific form, even right through from the Australia series, even in the South Africa series. As I said, you won’t always be able to convert the stars that you get. And I think he got some starts in the first couple of ODIs.”
He added “And as a batter, you always want to convert those stats and always want to make it count and make it into hundreds. But it is not possible to do it every time. But at the same time, that is something that you always strive to do,”
Speaking of Rohit Sharma, he won the player of the series against Australia in the three-match contest Down under. He then backed this performance up with two half-centuries against South Africa and a knock of 155 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy for Mumbai.
