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‘Serious Damage To Haters’ Rohit Sharma’s Rise To Top 10 Test Batsmen Has Fans Grinning

By ADMIN, March 1, 2021

While the India England Test series was of utmost importance for the Men in Blue and their hopes of making it to the finals of the World Test Championship, it has also proved to be a testament of Rohit Sharma’s excellence as a batsman in the longest format of the game.
Following the conclusion of the third Test at the Narendra Modi stadium at Ahmedabad, the International Cricket Council released an updated list of top 10 international cricketers in the batsman, bowler and all-rounder category.
HITMAN alaa re in top 10 in @ICC test rankings amazing jump from 14 to rank 8.. proud on u hitman @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/gqEurxmhDp
— 🇮🇳Yogesh Tanwar (TrUE 🇮🇳) (@yogi10war) February 28, 2021
The name which caught the attention of most of the Indian fans was that of Sharma, a celebrated veteran of white-ball cricket who is now well on his way to leaving an impact in the genre of Test cricket as well.
Achieving his career-best ranking at the number eight spot, Sharma now is ahead of some of the biggest, more well known names of red-ball cricket including India’s very own Cheteshwar Pujara (Rank 10), vice captain Ajinkya Rahane (Rank 13) and wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant (Rank 14).
Rohit Sharma jumps 6 spots to claim 8th rank in the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen.

R Ashwin jumps 4 spots to claim 3rd rank in ICC Test Rankings for bowlers. Only behind Cummins & Wagner now.
— ComeOn Cricket 🇮🇳 (@ComeOnCricket) February 28, 2021
Returning to the Top-10 in Test cricket for the first time since October 2019, Sharma has now become the third Indian batsman to be in the list with two ranks ahead of Pujara and three spots behind the Indian captain, Virat Kohli.
Sharma’s ascension in Test cricket started once again when he was called on-board to fill the opener’s spot during the third match of the 2020-21 Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia on foreign soil.
And even though Sharma did fairly well in the four innings he played in the final two matches of the series (26, 52, 44, 7) in Sydney and Brisbane respectively, it was his aggressive gameplay and the way he got dismissed every single time in Australia that led to fans criticising the ‘Hitman’ for lacking patience.
"You've just hit a Boundary a couple of Deliveries earlier, why would you play that shot? You're (Rohit Sharma) a senior player, there's no excuse,Absolutely no excuse for this shot. An unnecessary wicket, an unnecessary wicket, gifted away. Totally unnecessary." - Sunil Gavaskar
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) January 16, 2021
"I like to put pressure on the bowler once I am in, that is my role in the team. The run-scoring has been slightly difficult so someone needs to hand up & put pressure on the bowlers. I just did not connect the ball I loved to, it was unfortunate," Sharma had told ANI following his dismissal in the Gabba Test.
Guess what, turns out Sharma does know how to play Test cricket his way, while scoring boundaries in large volumes and protecting his wicket when needed.
His aggressive style of play was put on display during the second Test of the India-England series at Chepauk, in the first innings of which, Sharma ended up smashing a powerful 161 on a pitch which was massively criticised by ‘cricket experts’ from all over the world for being “unplayable”.
Sharma’s breakthrough in the top 10 has his fans grinning from ear to ear with a lot to say to those who criticised the batsman for not playing good Test cricket:
HITMAN moves to 8th rank in Icc test ranking...!
Rip for those who said rohit is not a test player @ImRo45
— lucifer (@Stan_Rohit45) February 28, 2021Abeey yaar yeh log kitna rote h . Rank 8 pe h tab itna ro rhe h. Rank 1 pe aagya toh yeh log flood laa denge rote rote . Rohit sharma giving some serious damage to haters .
— ᴘʀᴀʏᴜ45 #mi #ict (@rohitianprayu45) February 28, 2021@ImRo45 moves to rank 8th in icc test player rankings... Wowwwwww..it's the highest among test openers

People say he can't play test cricket..he can't open in test cricket..look he is so close to beat @imVkohli in rankings ..#RohitSharma #Hitman #INDvENG
— DEBARGHA MANDAL (@debargha_mandal) February 28, 2021Once considered to be not suitable for playing red-ball cricket for the team, Rohit Sharma has proven once again that his skill-set isn’t only limited to playing swashbuckling, high-scoring innings in limited overs cricket but has expanded into the format which is considered to be the ultimate ‘test’ of a batsman’s abilities.

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‘Legit Or Arrogant?’ Ashwin’s Answer To England Journalist’s ‘Pitch Query’ Has Fans Divided

By ADMIN, March 1, 2021

Technically speaking, the third Test of the India-England series was supposed to get over on Sunday, February 28, 2021 had the two sides played until the final day of the match.
However, a rather disappointing batting display by the England side in both the innings led to their sudden collapse, bringing them defeat in less than two days’ time.
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There exists yet another perception about the Day-Night clash at the newly inaugurated Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad according to which, the reason behind such a short, two-day international Test match was the extremely tricky pitch and its uneven bounce.
Following the conclusion of the penultimate match of the series, one of the most important members of the Indian cricket team and Test 2 ‘Man of the Match’ winner Ravichandran Ashwin was questioned by an English journalist about his thoughts on the Motera pitch.
The 34-year old Indian cricketer however, thought of responding to the journalist's question with a question of his own.
️ ️ "We have never complained about the pitch in the past."#TeamIndia's ace spinner @ashwinravi99 sets the record straight.@Paytm #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/K2V4OvBQDn
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 27, 2021
“I have a question back. What is a good cricket surface? Who defines it,” Ashwin counter-questioned the journalist.
“Yes, of course. The bowler wants to win the game. The batsman needs to bat well to get runs. There’s absolutely no question about it. What makes a good surface? Who defines this? Seam on the first day and then bat well and then spin on the last two days? Come on! Who makes all these rules, we need to get over it and not talk about whatever picture you want to paint.”
“If you’re asking whether it was a good Test surface, I don’t see any of the players coming from England having an issue with the surface. They want to improve; they look like they want to have a contest. Is it the players and the people who are reporting back that want their players to not compete and complain about the pitches? Because we have never done that on any of the tours,” Ashwin added.
Shite https://t.co/hZTQN1OdK2
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 25, 2021
Ashwin, who has leveled up as the fifth best all-rounder in the longest format of the game, said everything along the lines of what opening batsman Rohit Sharma had said following India’s win at Chennai’s Chepauk stadium in the second Test.
However, it was the way in which he responded to the question that has the fans of the Men in Blue divided in two categories - those who loved what he said and backed up his answer as completely legitimate and those who felt it was more of an escape from a tough situation.
️ ️ "We have never complained about the pitch in the past."#TeamIndia's ace spinner @ashwinravi99 sets the record straight.@Paytm #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/K2V4OvBQDn
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 27, 2021i personally like Ashwin's Bold answers like i admire MSD. he clearly telling that indians not complaining about pitches while playing overseas. players need guts to play in india. spinning Land! play with skills
— AB (@ImAbsarAli) February 27, 2021Omg , not once have I ever seen anyone complain when the batters gets runs on a batting pitch , whilst everyone seems to lose their minds when bowlers do well.
— IRVIN (@Vakil_giri1000) February 27, 2021What is with indian players, they start getting aggressive when they don't have any answers.
— Nikhil (@NykhilChopra_) February 27, 2021Absolute B.S reply.
A good surface means even bounce on day one.
— Shafiq Ahmad (@Akhund_Shafiq) February 27, 2021The question was "do you think that was a good Test match pitch?" Fair question, asked politely. Ash could have given his perspective without flaring up.
— The Wag Post (@ManThirteenth) February 27, 2021
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