http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 gets Gambhir’s backing – Cricket News Update
Promising Indian top-order batsman Gautam Gambhir on Sunday came out in support of out-of-form teammate Rohit Sharma, saying that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maharashtra-c811 batsman is the best talent India has ever had.
The extended lean patch of under-fire Rohit Sharma, 25, has become a cause of concern for the Indian team management. The Maharashtra batsman has scored one half century in his last 13 innings. In the rest of the 12 innings, the middle
order batsman has struggled to score beyond 30, barring 33 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 at Adelaide Oval, in February this year. In the 11 matches played this year, Sharma averages just 15.60.
The Maharashtra batsman fell for a first ball duck during India’s five-wicket win over Sri Lanka last night, in Colombo. This was Sharma’s second successive duck of the series, in which he has made 5, 0, 0 so far.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, however is not reading too much into the statistics and is confident the struggling batsman will soon come out of the slump in form.
“Rohit Sharma, according to me, is the best talent India has ever had,’ said the Delhi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on Saturday night.
“Let's not talk about individuals, let's not put the blame that Rohit is not doing well. When the team is doing well we need to support people who are not doing well,” Gambhir urged.
Reminiscing upon Sharma’s Man of the Series performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s future great
players.
"There was a time against West Indies when neither http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 lad of Sharma, who scored six half centuries in 10
matches played against the Caribbean cricketers last year.
“Everyone should back him because I see him scoring a lot of runs in the future and he could be one of the great players of Indian cricket," he insisted.
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