Former Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria lambasted Rohit Sharma for his terrible performances both as a player and as a skipper in the T20 World Cup 2022. The right-handed batsman recorded 116 runs across 6 matches in the competition as Team India was knocked out in the semi-finals by England on Thursday, November 10.
Rohit and KL Rahul’s provisional batting in the powerplay have been disparaged by many. While Rahul handled to convert a couple of his starts, the Indian caption did not seem anywhere near his best with the bat in the whole tournament.
While Team India clasped a forceful brand of cricket following their way out from the T20 World Cup 2021, they were back in their shells when different ICC events came knocking.
#TeamIndia put up a fight but it was England who won the match.
We had a solid run till the semifinal & enjoyed a solid support from the fans.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 10, 2022
Marking Rohit as unfit for T20 cricket no longer, Kaneria said on his YouTube channel:
“There are also a lot of questions over Rohit Sharma’s fitness. The next World Cup is in two years’ time and Rohit Sharma is clearly not fit for T20 cricket. Rohit Sharma’s bat is not coming down in time, he has gained quite a belly as well.”
Kaneria added:
“He angered the fans consistently with his performances at the T20 World Cup 2022. Absolutely zero material performance from him. He was a failure as a player and as a captain as well.”
Rohit’s last T20 match exploits have been below par, to say the tiniest. The added accountability of the captaincy has also taken its toll on the Mumbai-born batter.
Out of his recent 10 innings in the brief format, he has only crossed the 20-run mark triple, recording a strike rate in extra of 125 only once.