Chennai sources added that Rohit Sharma has been left out of the squad for the first three Tests against England. Meanwhile, the ‘horses for courses’ formula do not quite fit him even in a series being played in virtual Indian conditions in a very dry English summer. Presently, Ro ‘Hit’ Sharma has made himself hot property in white ball cricket in which he has excelled two double hundreds and plenty of sparkling performances in T20 internationals. Meanwhile his adapting to limited-over’s cricket after being promoted to open in an ODI in 2013 changed his world.
Furthermore it was Rohit’s superlative one day form that earned him a Test call soon and he justified it with centuries in his first two Test innings. Accordingly, he has not been able to establish himself in the Test side even when he was assured a constant place. Moreover a patchy Test record over five years in which he has made just under 1,500 runs in 25 Tests after that great start indicated inconsistencies in mental makeup that he has been unable to conquer.
Further selection is not a matter of doing justice to a player or trying to prop one up regardless of how potentially talented he is and moreover the selection is a matter of judgment, however subjective that may be. So let’s just say there is no place for the gifted ODI and T20 stroke player Rohit Sharma in a team playing the red ball.
