'Needs To Be Careful': Manjrekar TEARS Into Rohit Sharma's 'Bizarre' Calls After 0-2 Series Defeat

Team India suffered a humongous defeat at hands of New Zealand at home. At MCA Stium in Pune, visiting side clinched a clinical win against hosts to secure a 2-0 against Men in Blue. Blackcaps reigned supreme in Bengaluru & Pune Test Matches, while India's shortcomings were utterly on public display after y severely faltered against opposition. Since n, skipper Rohit Sharma has been in firing range of critics. A former India cricketer has also slammed India captain's decisions and strategy, and he went to extent of calling it bizarre.

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Former India Star RIPS Rohit Sharma After Dubious Calls During IND vs NZ Test Series

While speaking to ESPNCricinfo, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar slammed Rohit Sharma's decisions during India vs New Zealand Test series, saying that when choosing batting order, he must consider players' general skill and quality rar than having a T20 mindset.

" move to have Sarfaraz Khan bat down order and sending Washington Sundar above him because he is a left-hander, those kind of things should t happen. It's just bizarre. That's one thing that Rohit Sharma needs to be careful of... T20 thinking of matchups left-hand-right-hand combinations. I think he should just go by overall quality and ability of players," Manjrekar said.

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back-to-back losses in Test Cricket against New Zealand should be a wake-up call for Indian Cricket Team, who have been showing signs of struggle against spin bowling. With Border-Gavaskar Trophy coming soon, all eyes are on World Test Championship Standings.

After losing to New Zealand by 113 runs in second Test on Saturday, India's points percent (PCT) suffered, but y still hold top spot in World Test Championship rankings. India's PCT fell from 68.06 to 62.82, marking ir fourth defeat in current WTC cycle. Consequently, Rohit Sharma and his team are w only 0.32 points ahe of second-place Australia (62.50).

[With PTI Inputs]