IND vs ENG: Alastair Cook’s big statement on Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma exit – ‘Now there’s a clean slate in Indian dressing room’ | Cricket News – Times of India

As India step into a new period below Shubman Gill’s management in the 5-match Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy Test sequence towards England, former England captain Alastair Cook has made a telling remark concerning the impression of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s retirement from Test cricket.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Speaking on The Overlap Cricket YouTube channel, Cook mentioned the Indian dressing room has now entered a part of reset – not simply in phrases of personnel, however in psychological and cultural dynamics. According to Cook, Kohli and Rohit had been such commanding presences that their actions and choices had been not often, if ever, challenged – regardless of efficiency.

“What I can’t work out and will find out obviously is by taking those two really experienced players out – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – who have been really a bit on the downslide, is the impact they have in the dressing room is now gone,” Cook remarked.

“No matter how… when you take senior players out like that, even if they are great leaders, they might get things wrong, but no one is ever questioning those two in that change room. So now there’s almost a clean slate.”Kohli and Sharma’s Test exits got here final month, with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, which India misplaced 3–1, being their final outings in the format. Kohli completed with 190 runs at a mean of 23.75, together with a century in the opening Test, whereas Rohit had a lean patch, managing solely 31 runs in 5 innings.Cook acknowledged that, regardless of the absence of the 2 veterans, India’s batting depth stays formidable.

“One thing we know – they’re going to be so talented. They could pick, I reckon, 18 batsmen almost of the same quality now. And it’ll be really interesting to see whether that talent, without those two there – and I’m not saying they shouldn’t be in – can rise to the occasion.”India’s new-look aspect below Gill faces England’s Bazball aggression in a sequence that’s anticipated to check their adaptability and temperament. The first Test begins Friday at Headingley, marking the beginning of the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy period, a tribute to 2 cricketing legends and a symbolic handover from one era to the following.