Shoaib Akhtar heap praises for Rohit Sharma ahead of West Indies clash

Indian cricket team is going through selection dilemma ahead of their first Test against the West Indies. They are spoilt for choices in the bowling unit with a selection to be made between Ravi Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav. There is also a confusion over whether to play Rohit Sharma over Hanima Vihari.

Both the players have done well in Test cricket batting at six and also scoring fifty in the warm up match. However, the former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar wants Rohit Sharma to feature in the series opener in Antigua and feels that Rohit Sharma could be the match winner. Shoaib Akhtar acknowledge that Rohit has been given his share of chances before but wants him to play in his current form.

“I know Rohit has been given chances to play in the Test format earlier and he has not been able to grab on to the opportunity. But I believe he should be included in the team. He is a big match-winner, and not including him will be wrong. He is in good form and he should be given a chance right away,” Akhtar said while speaking on his Youtube channel.