2015 was the last time Rohit Sharma played in the Ranji Trophy.
The India cricket team’s Test and ODI captain, Rohit Sharma, has confirmed that he’ll don the whites for Mumbai in the next round of the Ranji Trophy. Going through a rough patch in red-ball cricket, the opener confirmed yesterday while announcing Team India’s squad for the ICC Champions Trophy that he’ll feature in the domestic tournament after a decade.
Rohit Sharma back for Mumbai
The next round of the Ranji Trophy starts on January 23 with Mumbai taking on Jammu and Kashmir at the MCA Cricket Ground. Not featured for his state since 2015, Rohit Sharma would like to get back into form after his dry run against New Zealand and Australia.
Sunil Gavaskar reacts to Rohit Sharma playing Ranji Trophy
Many experts and former cricketers wanted Rohit Sharma to return to domestic cricket. None were more vocal than India and Mumbai legend, Sunil Gavaskar. So to hear that his fellow Mumbaiker is going back to where it all starts for every international cricketer, he’s ecstatic.
“Yes, it’s a good thing because, look, he didn’t get runs in Australia, so he knows he needs to spend time out in the middle. How much net practice you have or however many throwdowns you face, batting in a game, feeling the ball in the middle of the bat, knowing that a mistake will send you back to the pavilion, and then still scoring runs is a big, big difference,” Sunil Gavaskar told India Today.
“In the nets, you could get out caught 20 times, but you can still bat for 20 or 40 minutes. You keep getting dismissed in the nets. That practice isn’t good because there’s no pressure to bat well or protect your wicket. In a match, that pressure is real,” the Little Master added.
“So what can happen and what should happen is if you don’t get runs, then, you know. To the net next door because every ground now does not have nets on the ground, but next to the ground there are nets, so you fail with the bat in a match, go into the nets and have that practice, get that rhythm going, but nothing like playing in a match. I’m very happy to see that Rohit Sharma has said that he is going to play in the Trophy,” Gavaskar concluded.
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