'Rohit Not in League of Kohli' - Sanjay Manjrekar Weighs in on Two Indian Greats' Future Amid Poor Form

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Former cricketer Sanjay Mankrekar has said Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma not in the same league as calls for the two mordern day Indian greats to call time on their Test careers grew louder following India's loss to Australia in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Melbourne.

Both Rohit and Kohli have had a year to forget when it comes to the longest format of the game since Team India resumed red ball action in September. Kohli has scored a hundred in the ongoing BGT, but Rohit has struggled for form and runs.

While Rohit struggles to get going, Kohli has often persihed poking at deliveries outside the off stump, leading experts and fans to question the duo's spot in the Test team. However, Manjrekar was of the opinion that Kohli deserves a little more compared to Rohit.

"I just want to keep reminding everyone that Rohit Sharma is not quite in the league of Virat Kohli. Kohli is an Indian batting great. Has got a much greater body of work. Rohit is more a white-ball batting great. He (Rohit) has had a few great tours and series as a batter mostly at home," Manjrekar said on a video posted in ESPN Cricinfo.

The former cricketer turned a commentator also added that Rohit's spot in the team is upto the selectors and they have to keep Indian cricket in mind in picking the team, not allowing the individual to take a call.

"Rohit Sharma's problems are there for everyone to see. Now one has to just imagine whether there is any hope at all one can expect a final flourish in the last Test (SCG). It shouldn't be left to the individual. I really think that job is a selectors job," Manjrekar added.

"And he has to only think of Indian cricket and see whether there is any sense in having Rohit Sharma for the next Test match if you believe there is something left there, then they continue in the same fashion."

Manjrekar also said Kohli will be backed a little more, but it's time he gets some runs under his belt and aslo avoids getting out in the similar fashion by fishing for deliveries outside the off stump.

"Kohli there is enough evidence that you want to keep supporting him, but it's time that he not only got runs but gets out in a different fashion to show that he has overcome that problem. It seemed like he was doing that in the first innings by leaving the ball outside the off," Majrekar said.