Australia put 474 runs on the board in its first innings in the Melbourne Test due to Usman Khawaja, Sam Constance, half century by Marnus Labuschagne and a century by veteran batsman Steve Smith. After this Team India started its innings. But what happened was what was feared. Rohit Sharma, who came to bat in the opening after the middle order, was a flop this time too. He changed his batting position but still returned cheaply after scoring just 3 runs. Australian captain Pat Cummins showed him the way to the pavilion. Cummins not only took the wicket of Rohit but also taught him a lesson in captaincy.

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Rohit Sharma started the Indian innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal. But the team suffered a big setback in the very second over. The Australian captain bowled the second over of the Indian innings and took the wicket of Rohit Sharma on the last ball. Playing a half incomplete pull shot, Rohit was caught by Scott Bowland after scoring 3 runs in 5 balls. Pat Cummins has dismissed Rohit Sharma for the 7th time in Test cricket. So far, Rohit has played 199 balls against Cummins and his average was 18.14. During this period, the Indian captain became the victim of the Australian captain 7 times in 13 innings.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is gone for just three runs! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/m1fLiqKLO7

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2024

Rohit Sharma's form in the last 14 innings in Test cricket has been very poor.

He has scored only 155 runs in the last 14 innings. During this period, his average was only 11.07 and he managed to cross the 50-run mark only once. In such a situation, now a lot of questions are being raised about his place in the team along with the captain.

Cummins taught the lesson of captaincy

Cummins not only took the wicket of Rohit but also taught him a lesson in captaincy. This is because the reason for Australia's excellent batting was also Rohit Sharma's poor captaincy. Even when the wicket was proving helpful for the spinners, he kept bowling to the fast bowlers.

He had included another spinner Washington Sundar in the team but did not use him on time. Due to this, Australia was able to score runs quickly and scored 474 runs despite the fall of 6 wickets for 299 runs.

Whereas Cummins, with his wisdom, took the wicket of Rohit in the very second over. Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was out after the Gabba Test. Cummins replaced Scott Bowland in his place. Mitchell Starc bowled the first over. But instead of giving the second over to Boland, Cummins took the ball in his hands. Despite being the leading bowler, Cummins's handling of the ball was a big lesson for Rohit.

Cummins also got India's second wicket in the form of KL Rahul. Rohit once again lost to Cummins in the captain vs captain battle.