Sourav Ganguly bats for Rohit Sharma’s inclusion for Australia Test series

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Rohit has matured in last two years, says Ganguly

Ganguly, however, still sees hope in Rohit. “He has gained confidence in his game with time. In captaincy too, he has proved his mettle. This is the time for the selectors to take Rohit along on the Australian tour for the Test series. He has matured a lot in last two years,” the former southpaw told India TV.

Rohit made a comeback to the Test team last year when he replaced Karun Nair for the tour of Lanka but played his first Test in more than a year in the home series against the islanders later last year. He scored 217 runs in two Tests at an average of 217 and was also picked ahead of vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane in the away series against South Africa early this year. But Rohit failed to capitalise on the opportunity and failed to score even a half-century in the first two Tests before getting dropped.

 

The selectors have ignored the batsman consistently since then. He was not picked for the one-off Test against Afghanistan at home in June and then the long Test series against England even though Rohit was in good nick in the limited-over series prior to the longer format. He has been ignored even for Duleep Trophy and India ‘A’ squads in recent times, which gives a clear indication that the selectors have chosen to move on.

 

[mani sha]

its not a bad idea . 

shaw and dhawan to open 

pujara sharma kohli 

pant

pandya

jadeja/ ashwin/ kuldeep

shami

ishant 

bumrah 

 

khaleel

siraj

kumar

rahul

ishan kissen

vihari

[Global.Baba]

Given how pathetic the Aus team is, Rohit might shatter new records.

[WeStMiDz]

No sideways movement so yes Rohit is a good option. 

[diga]

Another project Raina... 

[wanted_desi]

Vihari is better than him. Would Rohit be ok with warming the bench? 

[velu]

dada cant bat when there is some bounce  

[Suhaan]

4 minutes ago, velu said:

dada cant bat when there is some bounce  

Dada scored a century  in Brisbane,one of the fastest and bounciest pitches then and now

Led from the front 

Edited October 23, 2018 by Suhaan

[velu]

22 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Dada scored a century  in Brisbane,one of the fastest and bounciest pitches then and now

Led from the front 

 

i was surprised when he scored there  

[Suhaan]

4 minutes ago, velu said:

 

i was surprised when he scored there  

He scored even in Eng,Sa be it tests,onedayers

[velu]

1 minute ago, Suhaan said:

He scored even in Eng,Sa be it tests,onedayers

 

but not against  bounce  ..

still remeber how he use to come down the track to hit @Pollack

[Suhaan]

2 minutes ago, velu said:

 

but not against  bounce  ..

still remeber how he use to come down the track to hit @Pollack

Bounce troubles every batsmen who have played the game or are currently playing

I said he scored mostly everywhere including the SENA

[GautiMaan]

And round n round we go

[rkt.india]

2 hours ago, Global.Baba said:

Given how pathetic the Aus team is, Rohit might shatter new records.

their bowling is pathetic, starc, josh and cummins?

[Jamadagni]

Rohit is worse than Pujara strike rate wise in tests overseas. At least Pujara has this excuse of being a talentless hack, but despite having all shots, Rohit just goes into a shell. Not cut out for tests sorry. 

[velu]

19 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Bounce troubles every batsmen who have played the game or are currently playing

I said he scored mostly everywhere including the SENA

 

yeah .. but ganguly was half the same batsmen after his weakness vs bounce got exposed by flintoff and akhtar 

but he did play decently unlike raina

 

there are batsmen who are good against bounce .. rohit , kohli , dhoni etc are all good agaisnt bounce 

[rkt.india]

11 minutes ago, velu said:

 

yeah .. but ganguly was half the same batsmen after his weakness vs bounce got exposed by flintoff and akhtar 

but he did play decently unlike raina

 

there are batsmen who are good against bounce .. rohit , kohli , dhoni etc are all good agaisnt bounce 

No Dhoni was not good against bounce.  Always struggled with bounce in Australia in tests. He batted like a tailender in Aus.  His hockey style batting did not work there.

[Austin 3:!6]

2 hours ago, Global.Baba said:

Given how pathetic the Aus team is, Rohit might shatter new records.

Lol their batting is poor but bowling attack (if all fit) is world class. Starc-Hazelwood-Cummins-Lyon is a top bowling attack. Rohit wont survive 10 balls, especially in Brisbane and Perth.

[velu]

9 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

No Dhoni was not good against bounce.  Always struggled with bounce in Australia in tests. He batted like a tailender in Aus.  His hockey style batting did not work there.

 

never seen him getting out to bouncers or short balls ..

infact he is one the guys who break the balls with fierce pulls

[Laaloo]

48 minutes ago, velu said:

 

yeah .. but ganguly was half the same batsmen after his weakness vs bounce got exposed by flintoff and akhtar 

but he did play decently unlike raina

 

there are batsmen who are good against bounce .. rohit , kohli , dhoni etc are all good agaisnt bounce 

Lol I like how you managed to sneak in thakaiva there...