Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has raised a query mark over Rohit Sharma not utilizing the companies of Ravindra Jadeja in opposition to 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 Check in opposition to Bangladesh in Kanpur, solely 35 overs had been attainable after India received the toss and opted to bowl for the primary time in 9 years in a house Check.
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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 choose 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 sequence 1-0, fought their option to 107 for 3. Mominum Haque was batting on 50 and Mushifqur Rahim on 6 when rain stopped play.
With Bangladesh underneath stress when the third wicket fell on the rating of 80 put up 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.
Nonetheless, Manjrekar shared a statistic about Jadeja’s report in opposition to former England captain and left-handed opener Alastair Cook dinner to make his level.
“Rohit must be proven this stat- JADEJA vs COOK, 2016 sequence: In 8 inngs, received 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 tip of day’s play, Manjrekar elaborated on his level throughout his evaluation in a chat on ESPNcricinfo.
“Each captain has an strategy, maintaining in thoughts the bowlers he has. It is nothing flawed as a result of captains are likely to belief some bowlers extra. I’ve observed this, not significantly on this sequence, in the case of spin, Rohit favours Ashwin a bit extra,” stated the previous batsman.
“Sure, he did have a motive right here as a result of there have been two left-handers, however match-ups ought to merely be pointers. As you see on this sequence, within the earlier match, Shakib Al Hasan had troubled Rishabh Pant, and there was additionally a dropped-catch state of affairs. That is an ongoing pattern even in Check cricket, however you may have a high quality bowler like Jadeja, who has report in opposition to 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.
