RCB batting coach Bangar backs out-of-form MI and India captain Rohit to come good ahead of WTC final

Royal Challengers Bangalore batting coach Sanjay Bangar has backed India and Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma to come out of his current poor run of form ahead of the World Test Championship final next monthRohit was dismissed for a mere seven his fifth singledigit score on the trot in this IPL against RCB but MI had no trouble in chasing down the target of 200 with 21 balls to spare for a sixwicket win here on TuesdayRohit has been enduring a second consecutive poor IPL season with the bat as his average plummeted to 1736 with just 191 runs to show from 11 matches so farThe world No 1 India will face Australia in the WTC final at The Oval in London from June 711Also ReadKL Rahul undergoes successful surgery says hes determined to returnHe Rohit has been playing for such a long period of time and captaining in all formats for India and the franchisee as well it does take an emotional toll It is mentally taxing as well Bangar told reporters at the postmatch conference when asked about Rohits woeful run of formBut he knows it he has done it for such a long time For the sake of Mumbai Indians and for the sake of Indian cricket we just hope that he returns to his runscoring normal routineIt is very important for us India that he fires and does really well in the World Test Championship finaliquestBangar however said he has not much input to give on Rohits form because the only games he had seen were in the context of how the IPL has gone and how he has been dismissedThe time and energy a captain has to spend towards planning and strategy for a team in a tough tournament like the IPL might also have a little bit of an effect on Rohits batting formIn a tournament like IPL the energies that a captain has to spend towards planning and strategy also may have a little bit of an effectBangar explained that T20 cricket makes it even more difficult for batters who are out of form to come backIn T20 format you do not have the luxury of time Because you are chasing 200 you cant play yourself in and you have to go after the ball from ball one or at least try and put pressure on the oppositionYou saw what he tried to do against Josh Hazlewood he jumped out on the first ball Normally it is not something that you see from a batsman who is not among runsBut those are the demands of T20 game if you are scoring runs and if you are inform then you look to catch on but if you are not among runs it becomes slightly difficult You still have to make sure that your approach does not hurt the overall benefit of the teamiquest he explainedMI bowler Jason Behrendorff also had positive words for his struggling captainI loved the intent which Rohit came out with He stepped down the wicket and took the bowlers on which is really good to seeHe is hitting the ball really well in the nets It hasnt translated often at the moment in the middle but we know how good Rohit is he is an absolute class player he really needs a couple of good shots to bounce back into good formiquest he saidBangar admitted that RCB did not compete at all in the second half of the gamearound the 12th over we felt that we were never really in the game and that is not something we are proud ofHe also admitted that the failure of the young Indian batters in the RCB lineup has hurt the team this season but said they need more timeFor us the team was sort of built in such a way Glenn Maxwell Faf du Plessis Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik were going to be the fulcrum of the batting and the younger players would play around themThey young Indian batters are progressing not at a very good pace Mahipal Lomror has taken his chances well but somebody like Anuj Rawat or even Shahbaz Ahmed have unfortunately not been able to capitalise on the opportunitiesThat is the learning you have to be patient with youngsters and it takes time Maybe you can relate it to the example of Rinku Singh this is his season but he had to spend a lot of time and the kind of work KKR did with him over the last 34 years is now paying off he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever