Virat Kohli’s team once again endured a major batting collapse with none of the top-order batters playing a knock of more than 20 runs in T20 World Cup 2021. After the game, Sunil Gavaskar criticised the changes in the batting order and stated that Rohit should never have been demoted from his opening role.
The cricket legend also called Kishan a “hit-or-miss player” and that he should never have opened for India. Speaking on Sports Tak, Gavaskar said, “I don’t know if it’s the fear of failure or something else. But the changes in the batting order didn’t help the team. A big player like Rohit Sharma is sent at no.3. And then someone like Kohli, who has scored so many runs at no.3, comes to bat at No.4. Then you have a young player like Ishan Kishan, who has been given the responsibility to open the batting.”
He further explained that the move could have also affected Rohit’s confidence as he has been India’s opener for the past few years. “See, Ishan Kishan is like a hit-or-miss player. He will make runs in one match and then he won’t in the others. So for this sort of player it would be better if you make him play at no.4 or 5 and then he can swing his bat on the basis of the situation.
But here you sent him to open so what happened is that you told Rohit Sharma that we don’t have confidence in you facing the left-arm bowling of Trent Boult. If you do that to a player who has played in that position for so many years, he will also think that he actually doesn’t have the ability.”
“If Ishan Kishan would have scored 70 runs today, we would have applauded the move. But when the move doesn’t work, you get criticised,” he further added.
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