Ex-India coach wishes Rohit Sharma to follow TWO of his Former Teammates

India suffered a massive 1-3 series defeat by Australia in the recently conclude Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25. Rohit Sharma faced lot of criticism for his bad form in the series, as he scored just 31 runs in all the three matches he played. Due to his bad form, Rohit even decided to drop himself from the last game of the series at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

Since then, there have been lot of doubts regarding Rohit’s future in the longest format of the game. A lot of experts and former players have advised him, including legend like Sunil Gavaskar, who advised him to return to domestic cricket and improve his skills. Now, former Indian batting coach Sanjay Bangar has advised Rohit to follow the road of two of his ex-teammates in this case.

In an interaction with Star Sports, Bangar stated that Rohit should follow players like Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, who mad a return to domestic cricket after they got dropped. Bot the experienced batters have been working hard in domestic cricket.

“There’s been a lot of talk about playing domestic cricket. Players like Pujara and Rahane, who are on par with Rohit Sharma in stature, have been dropped in the past but have shown their hunger by playing in domestic cricket. Even today, they are sweating it out in domestic grounds, which are a big drop from the intensity of international cricket,” Bangar said.

Sanjay Bangar also believes that if Rohit makes a return to domestic cricket and performs, no one will be able to stop him from Test matches. However, for such a scenario to happen, decent form and a hunger to play from Rohit’s side must be evident.

“Rohit has expressed his desire to continue playing for India and has said,” I am not going anywhere; I still want to play.’ If he follows through and performs in domestic cricket, no one can stop him. But that form and hunger must be evident,” Bangar said

Rohit Sharma had a lean patch in the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where India lost the series 1-3. He scored 31 runs in the five innings he played in. The only match where India won was the series opener in Perth, where Rohit was not even present in the country. He also decided to opt out from the final Test of the series because of his bad form and performance.

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