‘Hitman’ flops in Ranji after 9 years, partner Jaiswal also performs poorly

Rohit Sharma fails in Ranji Trophy 2025: Indian Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma has returned to Ranji Trophy after a gap of almost a decade. Mumbai team starts playing against Jammu and Kashmir from today (Thursday) at BKC ground in Mumbai. During this time all eyes were on Rohit and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Rohit Sharma’s failure continues

While the fans were happy with the team’s excellent performance in the Kolkata T20 on Wednesday night, they were disappointed the next day on Thursday morning. Team India’s ODI and Test captain Rohit Sharma, who has tried his hand in domestic cricket, is facing continuous failure.

Both Rohit Sharma and Yashvi Jaiswal flopped in the match.

Ajinkya Rahane won the toss in the Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Jammu and Kashmir which started today (January 23). In which he decided to bat first. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal flopped in both the matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out LBW on the ball of Aaqib Nabi after scoring 4 runs. Rohit Sharma also got caught out by PK Dogra on the ball of Umar Nazir after scoring 3 runs. Rohit Sharma came to play Ranji after 9 years and 3 months.

Rohit has not been able to play big innings for many months

37 year old Rohit has not been able to play big innings for the last few months. He is facing criticism after the crushing defeat in the Test series on the soil of New Zealand and Australia. On the last Australia tour, Rohit could score only 31 runs in 5 innings of 3 Tests.

This match against Jammu and Kashmir could be Rohit’s only match this season as he will captain India in the three-match ODI series starting on February 6 and then in the Champions Trophy.

Rohit last played Ranji cricket in 2015

Indian captain Rohit Sharma was last seen playing Ranji cricket in 2015 (7 to 10 November). Then Rohit played a brilliant inning of 113 runs against UP at Wankhede Stadium. Rohit has scored 9290 runs in 128 first-class matches so far, his highest score here is 309*. Apart from this, Rohit has also taken 24 wickets in first-class matches while bowling.

Rahane is captaining

Ajinkya Rahane is the captain of Mumbai in this match against Jammu and Kashmir. In this match, Mumbai team is adorned with star players. Apart from Rohit Yashasvi, Team India has many star players in the playing 11.