Rohit Sharma's Test average would've dropped to 30s in England: Sanjay Manjrekar
Former India cricketer turned commentator Sanjay Manjrekar feels Rohit Sharma's Test average would've taken a massive hit had he played in the upcoming series against England. Rohit announced his retirement just ahead of the all-important series as Shubman Gill has been announced as the new skipper.Recently, Manjrekar compared Rohit and Virat Kohli's Test careers as they bid adieu to the longest format. The former batter mentioned Rohit's lack of hundreds in the SENA countries and said that his average would've dropped down to 30s, had he gone to England to play.advertisement'Virat Kohli has got 12 hundreds. Rohit Sharma in SENA countries — just the one, against England at The Oval in 2021. And I dare say, had he gone to England, that average would have dropped into the 30s. So, when it comes to red-ball cricket I say, RoKo, stop that,' said Manjrekar in a video shared on his Instagram account.
Furthermore, Manjrekar asserted that there was no comparison between the two in Test cricket and the term 'RoKo' is only fits well for white-ball cricket.'It stirred up the bee in my bonnet, which has been there for a while. It's not so much about the statement, but the fact that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli tend to get clubbed together. We even have a term for them, RoKo. I can understand it in white-ball cricket but when it comes to red-ball cricket, there's absolutely no comparison between the two,' he added. advertisement View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaysphotos)Rohit finished his career with 4301 runs from 67 matches at an average of 40.57 and a strike rate of 57.05. Rohit scored 12 hundreds in his career, all of which came in a winning cause.In England, the former Test captain batted in 14 innings and scored 524 runs at an average of 40.30 with one hundred and two fifties. He was the leading run scorer for India in the previous series in England in 2021-22, having accumulated 368 runs from four innings at an average of 52.57.He also scored his maiden century in overseas conditions during the series, playing a match-winning innings of 127 at the Oval. The series was drawn 2-2 after England won the rescheduled fifth Test in Edgbaston 2022.
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