Indian skipper Rohit Sharma seems to be struggling for runs of late in the ongoing home Test season. With just one fifty-plus score in seven innings, Rohit hasn't looked in great touch first against Bangladesh and now in the New Zealand series
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Rohit got out for a duck in the first innings of the second Test in Pune against the Kiwis with the same short of a good length delivery on the stumps troubling him, that just moves away a bit. Rohit scored a 9-ball duck
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This was Rohit's sixth single-digit score in the last 10 innings in Tests as despite a century in Dharamsala against England, which seems like eons ago, the Indian captain hasn't played longer innings in the whites
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Rohit averages 25.6 in the last 10 innings with a couple of fifties and a lone century, seven months ago, especially considering that each of those was in a home Test
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If only the last seven innings in the current season are taken into account, the number reduces to 13.71, including five single-digit scores and a 52 in the second innings in Bengaluru
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Rohit Sharma's scores in last 10 innings - 2, 55, 103 (vs England), 6, 5, 23, 8 (vs Bangladesh) and 2, 52, 0 (vs New Zealand)
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Not just India, anywhere opening partnerships are crucial to team's chances in a Test match. While Yashasvi Jaiswal has continued to impress, skipper Rohit's form is a concern. With WTC points on the line, India will hope that the skipper can find some form soon with Australia tour on the horizon
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