5 Indian Players Who Performed Under Virat Kohli But They Underperformed Under Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is the current India skipper in all three formats. However, the right-handed batsman took over the complete captainship duties only this year, when Virat Kohli stepped down from the skipper’s role in each format.

There are some players who could not perform well under the new skipper Rohit Sharma. However, they performed brilliantly under Virat Kohli. Here we talk about 5 such players who performed under Virat Kohli but they underperformed under Rohit Sharma.

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5 Indian Players Who Performed Under Virat Kohli But They Underperformed Under Rohit Sharma

5. Mayank Agarwal

Mayank Agarwal is the first player on this list. The right-handed batsman is a Test specialist batsman for India. In 2021, Agarwal scored 353 runs in 4 Tests at an average of 44.12. He also slammed 1 ton and 2 fifties. However, in 2022 under Rohit Sharma, Agarwal could only smash 130 runs in 7 innings at an average of 18.57.

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4. Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant is another player on this list. if we take a look at Rishabh Pant’s T20I career, he played better under Virat Kohli but failed to perform well under Rohit Sharma.

In 2021, the left-handed batsman scored 213 runs in 10 T20Is at an average of 30.42. However, in 2022 under Rohit Sharma, the wicketkeeper-batsman scored 364 runs in 21 games at an average of just 21.34.

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3. KL Rahul

KL Rahul is another player who performed under Virat Kohli but failed to perform well under Rohit Sharma. If we take a glance at KL Rahul’s Test career, he slammed 461 runs in 10 Tests last year at an average of 43.12 under skipper Virat Kohli.

However, in 2022, the right-handed batter only scored 80 runs in 2 Tests at an average of 20.0. Hence, KL Rahul’s performance in Tests deteriorated under skipper Rohit Sharma.

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2. Washington Sundar

Washington Sundar is another Indian player on this list. The right-arm spinner grabbed 4 wickets in 4 games at an economy of 8.90 last year under skipper Virat Kohli. In the prior year too, Sundar gave a good performance by picking 6 wickets in 7 games at an economy of 7.80.

However, this year, Sundar picked 1 wicket in the only T20I game he played. He also conceded runs at an economy of 12.0 in the match and was ousted from the playing XI in the subsequent match.

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1. Axar Patel

Axar Patel is another player on this list. If we take a glance at Axar Patel’s Test career, he gave an outstanding performance under skipper Virat Kohli than Rohit Sharma. Last year, the left-arm spinner picked 36 wickets in 10 Test innings at an average of 11.86.

However this year, he picked 3 wickets in 2 Test innings and bowled at an average of 19.33. He was also not part of the squad in many Test series.

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