Dinesh Karthik recalls the moment that 'tore Rohit Sharma to Shreds'

Rohit Sharma was promoted as an opener in Test cricket after his 2019 World Cup heroics

Team India's all-format captain Rohit Sharma, often regarded as the 'Hitman' by the cricket fanatics and fraternity, has come a long way ever since his international debut in 2007.

Sharma, who first donned the India jersey 15 years ago, strived for consistency for many years before his career took a sharp turn after being promoted as an opener in limited-overs cricket in the 2013 Champions Trophy. 

Despite displaying his batting prowess as an opener in the white-ball format, team India continued to accommodate him in the middle-order in the ultimate format of the game, which resulted in a spree of dismal performance and he eventually lost his place in 2018. 

Karthik, who shares a good bond with Rohit revealed that the swashbuckling opener was upset when he was overlooked for India's Test campaign on the tour of England back in 2018.

"He had almost gone down the path where he was so successful as a white-ball cricketer. He was happy doing that. And when he did come back into the Test team, you’ve got to remember in 2018, he was dropped from the Test team," 

Karthik said in the docu-series Summer Stalemate on Cricbuzz.

Though Sharma wasn't considered for the Test, he was included in the ODIs and T20Is against England on the same tour. 

"He [Rohit Sharma] was sent back after the white-ball leg and that really hurt him. Rohit Sharma did not see that coming and that really tore him to shreds," he added.