BGT 2024/25: Ravi Shastri reveals how Rohit Sharma can put the pressure on the Australians at the Gabba

The Indian captain, Rohit Sharma, has looked very shaky with his technique and has been underconfident with the bat.

BGT 2024/25: Ravi Shastri reveals how Rohit Sharma can put the pressure on the Australians at the Gabba

BGT 2024/25: Ravi Shastri reveals how Rohit Sharma can put the pressure on the Australians at the Gabba (Via X)

The Indian captain, Rohit Sharma, is under tremendous pressure for his captaincy as well as his performances with the bat in the longest format of the game. He has recorded a shambolic average of 11.83 in the last 12 Test innings. The Indian captain failed with the bat in the three-match home Test series against New Zealand and has now failed in his first outing in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25 at the Adelaide Oval.

KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal opened the innings in the first Test in Perth in the absence of Sharma, who missed the Test due to the birth of his son. Rahul and Jaiswal stitched together a 201-runs partnership, which was instrumental in India winning the game by 295 runs. Hence, Sharma decided to not change the opening combination and batted at number 6 in the Adelaide Test.

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Former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri feels that the Indian captain should start opening the innings from the third Test match at the Gabba because he has been in his best form while opening the innings in the last eight or nine years. Shastri wants Sharma to attack Australia right from the start and put them on the back foot.

That’s where he’s been at his best over the last eight or nine years. It’s not that he’s going to set the world on fire – he could – but that’s the place that’s best for him. To lead from the front. If he has to do damage, if he has to throw the first punch, that’s the best place from where he can do it.

Ravi Shastri told India Today

The Indian captain has looked very shaky with his technique and has been underconfident with the bat lately. Fans and analysts have criticized him and called for his ouster from the team. It is now time for him to stand up when the series is levelled 1-1.

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Ravi Shastri feels that whichever team wins the third Test at the Gabba will go on to win the series

Shastri feels that India should make the correct decisions going into the third Test at the Gabba. He feels that the team that wins the third Test will go on to win the series. The former Indian head coach wants Team India to have their team balance perfect as Australia have regained their confidence with the win in the Pink Ball Test.

Ravi Shastri feels that whichever team wins the third Test at the Gabba will go on to win the series
Ravi Shastri feels that whichever team wins the third Test at the Gabba will go on to win the series (Via X)

It is important that India get their judgment right here, because 1-1 in the series, this is the moving Test match. I feel whichever team wins this Test match will win the series. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind. So it is very, very important that India get the balance right, because Australia have got the confidence back.

Ravi Shastri said per India Today
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The Indian team broke the fortress at the Gabba in the BGT in 2020-21 and won the series. Till then, Australia had not lost a Test match at the Gabba since 1988. After India, the West Indies also defeated the Aussies in a Pink ball Test at the Gabba, and hence the Aussies wanted to win at the Gabba at the start of the summer.