Indian Cricket Team Vice-Captain Rohit Sharma came under the scanner of Cricket veterans after he was dismissed because of his own mistake. During the Gabba test, threw his wicket away as he tried to take on Nathan Lyon, with a fielder waiting in the deep for a mishit. The India opener was beaten in flight by Lyon and gave a simple catch to Mitchell Starc standing on mid-on.
Following this, he was severely slammed by veteran cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. India is playing against Australia under the series 'Border-Gavaskar Trophy'. Gavaskar slammed Rohit for his 'irresponsible shot' and said this mistake by such a senior batsman cannot be forgiven.
Now, Rohit Sharma has finally responded to the criticism and ironically he slammed Gavaskar without taking his name. Rohit was quoted by many media organizations who said, "It is the shot that I played very well in the past. It is something that I really back myself to do all the time. That is the kind of role that I play in this team. Yes, when it looks like that, it looks bad but that is something I don't really think too much about. My focus has always been that once I am in, I obviously want to make it count, make it big."
"There is a process which is to make sure that once I am in I should keep the pressure on the bowling unit of the opposition. Sometimes you get out, sometimes you hit it over the ropes. Yeah, it was unfortunate and a very sad dismissal at the end. Again as I said those are my shots and I will keep playing them," added Sharma.
Rohit also said that he will continue to play these kinds of shots. Sharma said, "They don't bowl anything that is easy. It was something I was thinking about while batting while I was not playing. It really worked in the first half of the batting when they were bowling with the new ball. Getting closer to new ball, making sure I leave anything outside off-stump, and then once I am in I play some shots. Because that is what you want. You want to score runs at the end of the day and try and see how they react. It worked until I got out."