Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag said something important about Rohit Sharma’s continued poor batting ahead of the match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore today. He said that Rohit is not seen fighting for the bowlers, rather he is fighting with himself. Sehwag says there is no deficiency in Rohit’s hitting technique, he just suffers from a mental block.
Speaking on Star Sports, Sehwag said: ‘Rohit Sharma’s fight is not with the bowlers but with himself. There is a mental block in your way. There is no fault in his hitting technique. There is some confusion in his mind. Whichever day he breaks this barrier, it will make up for the lack of bad hitting in all previous games.
In IPL 2023, Rohit has failed to score even 200 runs in 10 innings. The strike rate of him has also been very low. He has scored 184 runs this season with a batting average of just 18.40 and a strike rate of 126.90. Rohit was also out of shape in the last season. He scored a total of 268 runs in 14 innings last season. During this also his batting average was only 19.14. Hitman’s strike rate was also capped at 120. That is, in the last 24 innings of the IPL, his batting average is less than 20 and strike rate is less than 125.
Rohit Sharma was sent off for zero in his last match against CSK. With this, Bhirohit had made a shameful record on his behalf. He is the player who has zeroed out the most times in IPL. Rohit Sharma has failed not only in IPL but also in international cricket since last year. No runs come out of the bat from him in all three cricket formats.