Gautam Gambhir confident in Rohit Sharma, reckons he has bright future in Test Cricket

Gautam Gambhir reckons that Rohit Sharma has a bright future in red-ball cricket. 'Hitman' who has made his comeback to red-ball cricket in home Test series against South Africa last year had tched up his maiden double century in longest format (212). He was also adjudged Man of Series for having amassed 529 runs in three-match series. He could t feature in two-match away Test series against New Zealand as he was ruled out due to a calf injury that he had suffered during a T20I match that had preceded Test and ODI series.

'Test cricket is a completely different ball game': Gautam Gambhir

“He is a fabulous white-ball cricketer, probably a better record than any one of us including Virender Sehwag. But Test cricket is a completely different ball game. Yes, I could see brilliance of it but let’s see where his cricket goes because Virender Sehwag has got two triple-hundreds. So, I hope Rohit Sharma can be as successful as Virender Sehwag in Test cricket,” said Gambhir while interacting on Star Sports show 'Cricket Connected'.

Rohit Sharma in IPL 2020 & Team India's future assignments

Meanwhile, Rohit will next be seen in action as he will be leading defending champions and four-time winners Mumbai Indians in 13th edition of cash-rich event that will be played in UAE from September 19 to vember 8. complete fixtures will be anunced by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) next week. 

Virat Kohli & Co.'s next Test assignment will be against current top-ranked Test side Australia in ir own backyard. two fierce rivals will be locking horns in a four-match Test series that gets underway on December 3 in Brisbane.

India had beaten Australia when y had toured Down Under in 2018-19 season 2-1 in four-match series to win ir maiden Test series on Australian soil. It remains to be seen wher Virat Kohli-led side will succeed in retaining iconic Border-Gavaskar Trophy by getting better of a full-strength Australian side that features likes of Steve Smith, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, etc.

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