Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul scored a total of 783 runs together in that series, with Rohit leading from the front. Rohit top-scored for India with 368 runs in 4 matches, while KL Rahul scored 315. It became a common occurrence in that series that the India openers would blunt out the new ball attack by just leaving the balls away from their body and blocking anything that was bowled into the wickets for the first 15 overs.
The masterclass was exhibited in the openers switching gears at the 15th over mark. In the Lord’s Test match, one that India won by 151 runs, Rohit attacked Sam Curran with 4 boundaries, after blunting the new-ball attack. The method paid dividends for Rohit and KL as they would set the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli for big runs later in the game.
And perhaps, that is what India need from Rohit and KL right now. The absolute blunting of the Australian pace attack. To the contrary of what Rohit Sharma says right now, he is at his best when he does not go all-out against opposition bowlers. In 2021, a year that includes the aforementioned series, Rohit Sharma scored 906 runs – his best in Test cricket – at a strike-rate of 48.14.
Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh also pointed out the same. Speaking ahead of Day 4 of the Test match, Harbhajan advocated India batters to be watchful for the first hour and a half. The former spinner felt that the only way that India could rescue themselves from this situation was if their batters showed some patience.
“First thing that India have to do is bat watchfully in the first one, one and a half hours. The ball is new, there is bounce in the pitch. If the batters can play watchfully, then maybe the lower order can capitalise later. What I expect from KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma is that one of them hits a big hundred. They should draw lessons from the Travis Head and Steve Smith partnership,” Harbhajan said.
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