Sourav Ganguly Raises Concerns About Rohit Sharma's Impact on India's Test Performance: 'Unsure of His Future in the Team. If he's listening...'

Sourav Ganguly expressed great disappointment with India's recent performance in Test cricket, highlighting the team's struggles with the red-ball format. Despite playing 10 Tests against Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Australia, India only managed to win three matches. The team, led by Rohit Sharma, secured a 2-0 victory against Bangladesh, but suffered a humiliating whitewash against New Zealand at home. The series against Australia started on a positive note with a win in Perth, but India failed to maintain momentum and ultimately lost the series 1-3, relinquishing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a decade of dominance. Ganguly emphasized the need for improvement in India's Test cricket and called for a reevaluation of the team's performance.

As vocal as Ganguly is about Rohit and his white-ball skills as captain and batter, the former BCCI chief captain is worried about the Indian captain's form in red-ball. With India having already endured a horror tour Down Under, leading to them missing the World Test Championship final, Ganguly has urged Rohit to think deep and think hard ahead of another gruelling five-Test series in England starting June.

"What has surprised me is his form in red ball over last 4-5 years. A player of his stature and ability, he can do much better than what he has done. He must put on his thinking cap because we have 5 Tests against England and that's going to be another hard series. Just like the way it was in Australia. It's going to seam; it's going to swing. India need him to perform in the red ball but in white ball, he is one of the greatest ever," Ganguly, the former India captain, said during Trailblazers 3.0, by RevSportz.

Rohit Sharma has to find a way, insists Sourav Ganguly

As someone who revolutionised Indian cricket as captain, Ganguly wants to see the same ruthlessness back in the Indian team. The type that existed when he was in charge or when Virat Kohli led India to success all over the world. With a report emerging that Rohit is set to continue as India's Test captain for the tour of England, it's evident that the skipper is not giving away playing in whites just yet. But while Rohit in white-ball cricket has been exemplary, leading India to a T20 World Cup win last year and a Champions Trophy triumph last Sunday, Ganguly wants Rohit to make amends before it gets too late.

"Leadership is very important. I have always said that Rohit Sharma is a fabulous captain. Because that's what I see, that's what I notice when he is captaining India. I've seen him captain Mumbai Indians. I have captained India for so many matches so I can see the traits in a captain," Ganguly added.

"I'm not surprised that he's taken the side to greater heights in white ball. I don't know whether he's going to continue playing Test cricket but if he is hearing me, he should take the responsibility of turning things around in red-ball. India are not good at red-ball at the moment and they need to look at it, find a way to play well in England because that's going to be a very important five-Test series. Rohit has to find a way to get this team going."

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