He was absent from domestic cricket for 10 years. Run drought on him. After a long time, Rohit Sharma returned in search of runs in the Ranji Trophy but failed. His innings lasted just 19 balls for Mumbai against Jammu and Kashmir.
India's Test and ODI captain has been going through a poor run of form recently. He became the center of interest on his return to Ranji. The audience gathered at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in Mumbai. But the audience also lost interest as soon as the favorite star returned. They kept returning.
Rohit opened with national team teammate Yaswasi Jaiswal on this day. Ayush Mathere, who was in form in the debut season for them, also had to be dropped. But it didn't work. Rohit returns for just 3 runs. Jaiswal also could not reciprocate the trust. Played 8 balls and returned only 4 runs.
Rohit's failure means his run drought in red ball cricket continues. He had only one half-century in 5 Tests at home, including the Bangladesh and New Zealand Tests. And that was against New Zealand. His single digit score was 4 in ten innings! Australia did not laugh at the bat. There were only one score in double digits in five innings. So his average in the 2024-25 season was 10.93 towards the fall.
Just what? Rohit's batting average of 10.43 in 16 innings in first class is the second lowest of any batsman after 2006! England's Haseeb Hamid averaged even lower in the 2018 season. 9.44 in 18 innings.