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'No Weakness..,' Gavaskar Defends Rohit Sharma Amid Struggle vs Left-Arm Pace In T20 WC

Gavaskar defends Rohit amid criticism [X]Gavaskar defends Rohit amid criticism [X]

Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has backed Indian captain Rohit Sharma amid criticism of his weakness against left-arm pacers. Sunny G believes it's tough to ask Rohit to change his game after he has spent over a decade scoring runs in international cricket.

India cruised past Afghanistan to secure a comprehensive 47-run victory. Suryakumar Yadav's half-century and Jasprit Bumrah's three-wicket haul made captain Rohit Sharma's life easy after he lost his wicket on 9 runs to left-arm pacer Fazal Farooqi. 

Rohit Sharma's weakness against left-arm bowlers was exposed once again as he looked cautious against Fazal before holing out to mid-on, leading to an early dismissal.

However, amid criticism, ex-Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar has backed Rohit Sharma to claim that the captain has no weakness as such against left-arm fast bowlers. 

Gavaskar argued that Rohit is an experienced player and one cannot suggest him to change his game because of a certain bowler's bowling angle.

"He is an experienced batter. He knows what he has got to do. You cannot really tell Rohit Sharma to change his game because of the angle of the bowler. Yes, sometimes you might say, because of the angle, don't hit towards the on-side, maybe look to play the inside out shot over extra cover. Either things you try and maybe understand that is what he should have done," Gavaskar said on Star Sports. 

Sunil Gavaskar also added that Rohit Sharma has tons of experience playing limited-overs cricket. He believes that every batter has a certain way of getting out. But that does not mean that it is a weakness.

"But a man who has got so much of tons and tons of experience of playing limited-overs cricket doesn't need to. He has got out. At the end of the day, batters have some way to get out. If you get out caught behind you can't say you have got a weakness against the off-stump. If you have scored 10,000 to 15,000 runs and get out maybe 40 times outside off-stump that doesn't feel there is a weakness," he added.

At the end of the day, Rohit has some 15000 odd runs in international cricket. And if he gets out against left-arm pacers for example about 40 times, that does not count as a weakness.