SA Vs IND, 1st Test: Former All-Rounder Ravi Shastri Felt Unhappy With Rohit’s Captaincy On Day 2

Indian Former Ravi Shastri Felt Unhappy With Rohit’s Captaincy On Day 2,1st Test: Ex-Indian Head Coach Ravi Shastri Disappointed with Indian Team Captain Rohit Sharma For Bowling Changes in Centurion 1st Test.

On Day 2 of the SA Vs IND match, the captain of the Indian team Rohit Sharma missed a tactic by not sending their best performers for bowling post-lunch break. Get the full details of an ex-Indian all-rounder’s actual viewpoints on this situation from the below modules.

“Tactically Big Mistake…”: All-rounder Ravi Shastri Exhibits Misery with Rohit Sharma’s Captaincy

Former head coach of the Indian cricket team, Ravi Shastri, stated a huge fault in Rohit Sharma’s captaincy post-lunch break of the first test at Centurion. With the help of KL Rahul’s classic ton, India achieved a fair 245 runs on the board. Proceeding on Dead Elgar’s century, SA has stayed firm in the 1st test as yet.

During Commentary, Ravi Shastri expressed, “On any pecking order, these two (Shardul and Prasidh) would have been the last to start the proceedings (after lunch). We’ve discussed that multiple times when I was the coach. And more often than not, we decided to go with the best two bowlers at the start of the session. If you cast your mind back, India would feel they have missed a massive trick in the first half hour of play. Two bowlers they started with that tactically was a big mistake.”

Agreeing with Ravi Shastri, Manjrekar stated, “Clearly India missed the trick. This is something Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma must have thought about during the break and then decided to go with Prasidh and Shardul.”

Vernon Philander sought to find a reason behind the strategy and said, “Perhaps they wanted to preserve him (Bumrah) after the 6-over spell he bowled (before lunch). I think it’s a window of opportunity that India lost. India gave away 42 runs and that gave South Africa the momentum after lunch. They lost an opportunity.”