‘Lot Of Curve Balls Thrown At…’ – Dinesh Karthik Opens Up Rohit Sharma’s Struggles In Tests

Rohit Sharma is currently taking a rest from cricketing action. India is currently busy playing the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. However, India’s veteran wicket-keeper batter, Dinesh Karthik opened up regarding Rohit Sharma’s struggles in the longest format of the game. 

Meanwhile, Rohit failed to find any consistency in his Test form until 2019 in Tests despite having many opportunities. However, he did not find it tough since then. Now, his Test average is above 46 after playing 45 matches. Before that, Rohit Sharma faced some struggles in this longest format. Karthik shared those struggles in the docu-series Summer Stalemate on Cricbuzz.

“Rohit Sharma has found answers to some, and he has not found answers to some.” – Dinesh Karthik

Speaking on that series, Karthik shared that Rohit Sharma has found answers to some of his struggles while he still needs to find out some. He said: “He has found answers to some, and he has not found answers to some. Rohit always believed that he had something to contribute to Test cricket. In the conversations that I have had, he always felt that maybe certain things didn’t go his way,”

Karthik also opened up on the reckless shots he played sometimes in the Test format. He added; “Sometimes, he played a reckless shot or two but he believed that he will come back. Interestingly, he didn’t come back at the speed that he would and he resigned to the fact that maybe it’s just going to be white-ball cricket for him now.”

Karthik also recalled Rohit’s amazing Test Debut back in 2013. “I don’t think there have been many who’ve had a start as successful as Rohit in Test cricket from an Indian point of view. In his first two matches, he got hundreds… and then everybody thought this is it – he is the big deal and the fact that Sachin is retiring from Test cricket, he is the one who is going to answer all those questions for us. But life and sport as it turns out are never exactly what you think it is and there were a lot of curve balls thrown at Rohit over the period of time.” Dinesh Karthik concluded.