The ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 has already sparked intense reactions, with Rohit Sharma’s disappointing performance in the second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval leaving many frustrated.

Batting at number 6, Rohit could only manage 3 and 6 runs during India’s embarrassing 10-wicket defeat in the day-night Test match against Australia in Adelaide. Not just in the Adelaide Test, the Indian captain has gone through a tough phase this year in red-ball cricket.

Let’s not forget he is a Mumbai batsman: Jatin Paranjape on Rohit Sharma

Before his failure in the pink ball Test, Rohit failed to beat New Zealand in the recent home Test series and also Bangladesh. However, former Indian cricketer and national selector Jatin Paranjape has backed Rohit Sharma, saying the Indian captain’s class will shine despite recent failures with the bat.

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Paranjape also highlighted that the form is temporary, but the class is permanent. The former Indian selector also believes that the Mumbai batsman will bounce back in the remaining matches of the ongoing five-match Test series in Australia. He was confident that Rohit would regain his rhythm and highlighted that being from Mumbai gives him a certain advantage, which irked many.

IANS quoted Jatin Paranjape as saying: “I know he has had a really bad run in the last few Test innings. But I believe that form is temporary and class is permanent. I have a very, very good feeling that Rohit Sharma will be fine as let’s not forget he is a Mumbai batsman.”

What kind of right is this?: Dodda Ganesh criticizes Jatin Paranjape for his statement on Indian captain

However, former India and Karnataka cricketer Dodda Ganesh was not happy with Jatin Paranjape’s portrayal of the right-handed batsman and criticized the former Mumbai batsman for his not-so-logical statement. Ganesh was not happy with Paranjape’s reference to Sharma’s roots in Mumbai as a reason for his possible return to form.

Even Dodda Ganesh took to his username X on social media and questioned the “entitlement” behind the idea that being from a certain region guarantees success. Ganesh posted on X: “What kind of law is this? “Someone can’t be good just because they come from a particular place.”

What kind of law is this? Someone can’t be good just because they come from a particular place.

-Dodda Ganesh Great Ganesh (@doddaganesha) December 10, 2024

Rohit Sharma’s batting experiment fails in Adelaide

Currently, the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is tied 1-1 between India and Australia, with the crucial third match to be played at The Gabba, Brisbane, starting December 14. Rohit Sharma had dropped down the batting order to allow KL Rahul to continue as opener.

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However, the move backfired, with both Rahul and Rohit failing to deliver with the bat, and India faced a crushing defeat in the Adelaide Test against Australia. After the Adelaide Test, former Indian captains Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri suggested that Rohit return as an opener in the Gabba Test.

Notably, Rohit became the second Indian captain after Virat Kohli to lose at least one match each in all three formats of the game by 10 wickets after losing the day-night Test to Australia by the same margin at the Adelaide Oval. . With this victory, the hosts leveled the ongoing BGT series.