Nagpur odi

Sitanshu Kotak: India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said he was not concerned about captain Rohit Sharma’s recent poor form, citing the veteran’s good statistics in the 50-over format. Rohit had a poor Test tour of Australia, and his lean run continued when he was dismissed for just two in the ODI series opener against England at Nagpur.

“See, I personally don’t think there is any problem. In the last three One-dayers (before the series opener in Nagpur), Rohit scored 56, 64, and 35 (against Sri Lanka last year), nearly averaging 50-plus. We are talking about a player who has got 31 ODI hundreds. When he keeps scoring runs in back-to-back matches, nobody asks, ‘When will he fail?’”

“Sometimes when somebody gets out or is going through a lean patch, I don’t think I would be worried about their form. Yes, in the Australia Test series – that was a tough time. About the One-dayers, the way he batted in the last three One-days before the first match (in Nagpur), he has always been scoring runs. So, not really so much concern about that,” said Kotak in the pre-match press conference ahead of the second ODI happening in Cuttack on Sunday.