Rohit Sharma might not have scored big runs but he gives momentum: Deep Dasgupta

India would be confident heading into super eights stage of the ICC T-20 World Cup having remained unbeaten in the tournament thus far. The form of the opening batsman, Virat Kohli would however be a cause of concern as he fell out for single digit figures in all the games in the group stage. There were concerns of his strike rate as well during the 2024 IPL. “We are talking about runs, which is important, but if you are opening and especially in this format, impact is important. You might score 30 runs but if those 30 runs come in 20 balls, that is more important than you scoring 50 runs off 45 balls. So impact is very important,” Former Indian batsman Deep Dasgupta said on Star Sports. 

Also Read: We will look to focus a lot more on our skills: Rohit Sharma

Deep Dasgupta provided the example of Indian batsman Rohit Sharma who is opening the innings alongside Virat Kohli in the T-20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma has scored 68 runs at the strike rate of 123.6 in the group stage. “These are matches and pitches where you will have to play such knocks. If you take Rohit's example, he might not have scored big runs in the last one to one-and-a-half years, but he gives the momentum in every innings. 20-25 runs in 15 balls is not a bad innings. If he scores a fifty or a hundred, that is very good, but even if he contributes with a 15-ball 25, he has done a job,” Deep Dasgupta added.