“For God's sake…”: BCCI, Gautam Gambhir send urgent message to Rohit Sharma for using him in the middle order

The former Indian cricketer wants Rohit Sharma to bat in the middle when he returns to the playing eleven in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. India captain Rohit is not part of the team for the first Test in Perth, he is staying in Mumbai for the birth of his second child. Rohit and his wife Ritika Sajdeh welcomed a son earlier this month and the star batsman is expected to join his teammates in Perth on Sunday. In the absence of Rohit at the top of the order, veteran batsman KL Rahul has made a strong case for himself by scoring an unbeaten 62 in the second innings in Perth.

He also looked strong with the bat during India's poor performance in the first innings and patiently scored 26 runs before being dismissed controversially. Ganesh warned the Indian team management against reshuffling the batting order with Rahul, who was sent up the order in place of Rohit.

“KL Rahul will open throughout the tour. For God's sake don't change his position again. He is best suited to handle situations with the new ball. Rohit can bat in the middle order,” Ganesh wrote in a post on X. ,

Ganesh suggested the management to try Rohit in the middle order for the remainder of the series, primarily because of Rahul's ability to deal with the new ball.

He wrote in another post, “This opening partnership will have to be maintained and Rohit will have to bat in the middle order. Hopefully, common sense will prevail #AUSvIND #BorderGavaskarTrophy.”

This opening partnership will have to be maintained and Rohit will have to bat in the middle order. Hopefully common sense prevails #AUSvIND #BorderGavaskarTrophy https://t.co/aej6WARKXl

– Dodda Ganesh (@doddanesha) 23 November 2024

According to reports, Rohit will join the team in Perth on the third day of the first Test. The report said Rohit will be available for the two-day pink-ball tour games in Canberra from November 30 before the day-night Test in Adelaide.

Rohit's recent figures are very disappointing. In five Test matches against Bangladesh and New Zealand, he scored 133 runs in 10 innings at an average of only 13.30, with his best score of 52. His scores in the domestic season were: 6, 5, 23, 8, 2, 52, 0, 8, 18, and 11.

(With ANI inputs)