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However, in Test cricket, he found himself drawn against balls that moved away from him, leaving his off-stump exposed.
The reason for his dismissal in the second innings of the Adelaide Test. Pat Cummins’ ball angled slightly away, went past Rohit’s outside edge and hit the top of the off-stump.
Lacking confidence in their defence, the obvious option is to attack – an effective strategy in white-ball cricket, but one that exposes weaknesses in Test cricket. In both innings of the Melbourne Test, Rohit fell victim to an aggressive shot – first a pull where he could not estimate the length of Cummins’ delivery, and then, a flick that caught a thick outside edge. Teams have now cracked the Rohit Sharma kryptonite – good length, outside off, angle away, and often, a wicket will also come.
This also includes slowing of reflexes, which is quite normal for a 37-year-old.
