Rohit Sharma’s debut as captain in Test cricket was spectacular. India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. During the match, everyone became a fan of Rohit Sharma after seeing the brilliant change in his bowling along with the field placement. Many cricket pundits are praising him on social media. In this episode, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar also praised Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, but he also told that Rohit also made a small mistake during the match.
Talking to Star Sports, the Little Master said, “The way he has led the team, the changes in bowling and changes in fielding, he was brilliant. I think he was absolutely accurate. Even the most indifferent observer can see him.” Will give 9.5 out of 10. Half the point you always keep aside. 9.5 out of 10 for captaining Rohit Sharma in Test matches.”
He went on to say, “Very great debut, because when you win within three days it shows that your team has been better. But the most important thing is how the bowling changes when your team was fielding.” Have to do where to put the fielding… Was very impressive. The catches were going exactly where the fielders were, they didn’t have to move much. Perfect field placement.”
Sunil Gavaskar found only one mistake in Rohit Sharma’s captaincy that he brought Jadeja too late to bowl in the first innings. But he also said that when you win a match in three days, nobody cares about it. Let us tell you, Jadeja took 5 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings, while he played an unbeaten innings of 175 runs with the bat.
The former captain said, “You can argue that Jadeja was brought in a little later in the first innings, but it didn’t matter as the team went on to win with two days to go. So those are the little things that people will bring up.”