Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma's Poor Form A Big Concern For India? Report Reveals Damning Statistics
India's grueling home Test season finally ended with some worrying signs that are straightaway linked to the future of Gautam Gambhir's shaky start to his reign as head coach. The phase of transition which supposedly began when Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara were slowly sidelined from the Test setup, had started to show its effect as young blood continues to infuse itself in the team. Even though the bowlers had their woes but still managed to thrive in patches throughout the home season, India's lackluster batting department was left exposed by some of the most inexperienced overseas spinners. India's historic series whitewash against New Zealand on a Sunday was a stark reminder of the slowly depleting art of playing against spinners.
As the road to World Test Championship final became a walk on the rain in stead of sunshine and flowers, a major question is still out in the open, waiting to be addressed.
The dwindling form of stalwarts Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma weeks before the enduring Test series against Australia has been a reason for concern for the modern day Test giants.
Virat and Rohit's home Test season was a tale filled with moments of brilliance but overshadowed by the weight of low string of results.
Recently, India hosted Bangladesh and New Zealand which was constantly tipped as preparatory series for Australia.
India whitewashed Bangladesh only to be found themselves on the receiving end against New Zealand.
In these five Tests, Rohit could only muster up 133 runs at an average of just 13.30, with a half-century in 10 innings. His best score stood out to be 52. Rohit's concerning string of scores in this home season: 6, 5, 23, 8, 2, 52, 0, 8, 18 and 11.
Overall, in Tests this year, Rohit