IND VS AUS 2023: Rohit Sharma- Indian team will be eyeing to take a 2-0 lead against the Australian side in the Border Gavaskar Trophy after the first test match win. Men in Blue clinched victory by beating Pat Cummins-led side in the Nagpur test match by an inning and 132 runs.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma was the lone century-maker in the last test match, he scored 120 runs in 212 balls. Veteran Indian cricketer Dinesh Kartik acknowledged Sharma as all time one of the best batters across all formats for India.
IND vs AUS 2023: Dinesh Karthik Heaps Praise On Rohit Sharma
“There is no doubt about that, I think he is a world-class batsman. He is arguably one of the best batsmen across formats that have played for the country. He recently with his hundred goes on to become the 1st Indian captain to score a hundred in all formats. His record in India is upwards of 75 which is a phenomenal average to have” said cricketer cum commentator Karthik.
“And the moment he shifted from being a middle-order batsman to an opener in white-ball cricket, things changed dramatically and in Test cricket, the landscape of what he has become as a batsman has changed phenomenally,” added Tamil Nadu’s skipper in domestic cricket Kartik.
The 35-year-old Rohit Sharma was playing the fourth test match as an Indian captain, he scored his 9th ton in a longer format of cricket at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. Sharma with his ton in the last match became the first Indian skipper to score a century in all formats while leading the Indian side. The Nagpur-born cricketer Sharma has the second-highest batting average as an opener in test matches with his 57.65 figure in 46 test matches.
Great start to the Test series ?? pic.twitter.com/x53Yl8PXhH
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) February 12, 2023
Karthik stated that Rohit is not celebrated enough as a test opener-
“You can see, he enjoys batting. He relishes the opportunity to bat fast bowlers first up and then go on to play spinners. He is someone who is very special to India and I sometimes feel, he is not celebrated enough as a Test opener. He has got a lot of credentials in white-ball format. People speak about his accolades in the white-ball format. But as a Test opener, he has been really good in the limited time that he has done it, further concluded Kartik.
India will take on Australia for the second test match of the Australia tour of India 2023, at Arun Jaitely Stadium in Delhi from Friday ( 17th February). India has successfully retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy from the last three editions in which two came at down under.