Former Team India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes that, Rohit Sharma had to single-handedly carry an inexperienced Indian batting lineup while chasing a target of 231 runs in the opening match of the recently concluded Test series against England in Hyderabad. Manjrekar said that Rohit should have come from the front and led the batting order.

Manjrekar pointed out how Sachin Tendulkar played a similar role for many years in his career. Manjrekar has ESPNcricinfo during a conversation with Suggesting that after being asked to chase a difficult target, the players of Team India seemed to be under a lot of pressure.

Rohit Sharma had to do the work that Sachin Tendulkar did for many years – Sanjay Manjrekar

Sanjay Manjrekar further said, “You saw that Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 80 runs at a strike rate of 100. In the second innings, for no reason, his strike rate was 40. One reason for this would be that he came to bat feeling pressure. right here Rohit Sharma Had to do what Sachin Tendulkar did for many years – there had to be one batsman in the team who had to look after the entire batting order.”

Manjrekar also highlighted how India’s young batsmen did not show enough courage and were too cautious. He said that players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubhman Gill and Shreyas Iyer should be given freedom to play their natural game.

Manjrekar said, “India has once again erred in exercising too much caution. If you have players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill or Shreyas Iyer, who present themselves as aggressive players, then whatever the situation, they have to stick and play the brand of cricket they are more comfortable with. . And if India loses a match in that effort, then the fans will also have to understand that they tried to do what they were good at.”