Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has raised a query mark over Rohit Sharma not utilizing the companies of Ravindra Jadeja towards left-handed batsmen early and shared a chunk of statistic that, he says, “must be proven” to the India captain.
On a rain-shortened opening day of the second Take a look at towards Bangladesh in Kanpur, solely 35 overs had been potential after India received the toss and opted to bowl for the primary time in 9 years in a house Take a look at.
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Left-arm spinner Jadeja was the one specialist bowler who was not requested to bowl, whereas pacer Akash Deep was the decide of the Indian bowlers along with his 2 for 34. Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took the opposite wicket to fall on Friday.
Bangladesh, who path the two-match collection 1-0, fought their strategy to 107 for 3. Mominum Haque was batting on 50 and Mushifqur Rahim on 6 when rain stopped play.
With Bangladesh underneath strain when the third wicket fell on the rating of 80 publish lunch, Manjrekar believes Rohit might have introduced Jadeja in, whereas admitting that it was solely logical to have an off-spinner bowling on the two left-handers on the crease.
Nevertheless, Manjrekar shared a statistic about Jadeja’s report towards former England captain and left-handed opener Alastair Cook dinner to make his level.
“Rohit must be proven this stat- JADEJA vs COOK, 2016 collection: In 8 inngs, bought him out 6 occasions, conceded simply 75 runs. Rohit tends to not bowl Jadeja early when there are left handers on the market,” Manjrekar posted on ‘X’.
After the top of day’s play, Manjrekar elaborated on his level throughout his evaluation in a chat on ESPNcricinfo.
“Each captain has an method, protecting in thoughts the bowlers he has. It is nothing fallacious as a result of captains are inclined to belief some bowlers extra. I’ve observed this, not notably on this collection, relating to spin, Rohit favours Ashwin a bit extra,” mentioned the previous batsman.
“Sure, he did have a cause right here as a result of there have been two left-handers, however match-ups ought to merely be tips. As you see on this collection, within the earlier match, Shakib Al Hasan had troubled Rishabh Pant, and there was additionally a dropped-catch situation. That is an ongoing pattern even in Take a look at cricket, however you’ve gotten a top quality bowler like Jadeja, who has a very good report towards left-handers.
“Keep in mind, he dismissed Alastair Cook dinner six occasions in eight innings. So not giving him the ball in any respect was baffling,” he added.
