We should let Rohit enjoy his batting at the top: Virat Kohli

TIL Desk Sports/ India captain Virat Kohli feels it’s time to let Rohit Sharma enjoy his batting at the top of the order and if he does that, India will be in winning situations more often than not in Test cricket. “If a guy like him at the top of the order plays the way he does, we are going to be in situations to go for victory in most of the Test matches.

So we are all very happy for him. It’s time to let Rohit Sharma enjoy his batting in red-ball cricket,” Kohli said on the eve of the second Test against South Africa at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium on Wednesday. Rohit marked his foray in Test match opening with twin hundreds in the first Test against the Proteas, shattering many records as India registered a comprehensive 203-run victory in Visakhapatnam.

Since being promoted to the opening slot in limited overs cricket in 2013, the 32-year-old has established himself as one of the best players in the format but has never quite managed to replicate that success in Tests as a middle-order and lower middle-order batsman.