Rohit Sharma is not a part of the Test team for the tour of England | Photo Credit: PTI

A poor show from Indian batsmen, barring Virat Kohli, saw India losing the first Test of the series against England. The visiting side was asked to chase 194 in the fourth and the final innings. India made a torrid start to the chase as Murali Vijay was trapped in front of the stumps in the sixth over. Shikhar Dhawan followed him soon in the eighth over.

KL Rahul showed signs of spending a long time at the crease but he was dismissed after facing 24 deliveries. A wicket of Ajinkya Rahane later meant that the responsibility to steer the team to a win fell on skipper Kohli and he did his best but India fell short of the target.

It was a poor show from the other batsmen which resulted in India losing the tie as bowlers had done their job restricting England to a chaseable total.

After a poor outing, team India’s middle-order came under the scanner and the fans asked the team management to bring back Rohit Sharma in the Test team. Here are some of the tweets of fans asking for Rohit's comeback -

Rohit Sharma is not in test. So match lost — Chaitanya (@SingasaniChait1) August 5, 2018

Bhai aap jao 2nd test khelne @ImRo45 https://t.co/71GjsD7aZi — Saurabh Kohli (@Akshay_Saurav) August 5, 2018

I think a player like #RohitSharma should given him more chances in Test matches as an Opner. He is a game changer #bringbackrohitsharma #indveng — Real Ashuu15 (@itsAshuu) August 5, 2018

"Last 11 inngs of Rahane in test"



17, 0, 4, 2, 1, 10, 9, 48, 10, 2, 15



Avg - 10.72



"Last 11 inngs of Rohit in test"



68*, 2, 82, 51*, 102*, 65, 50*, 11, 10, 10, 47



Avg - 71.14



And they say Rohit Sharma can't play test cricket #EngvInd — Sudarshan Singh (@imsudarshan_07) August 5, 2018

I don't say @ImRo45 is the best batsman in test

But he can promote as a Opener in test

Definitely Achieve big in test cricket also @BCCI Make Rohit as a Opener pic.twitter.com/LMdHDFD1OS pic.twitter.com/cM82hOvzbf — Ro Yoga k.s (@ROYoga123) August 5, 2018

Test Average in 2018 in overseas



Rohit Sharma - 19.50

Ajinkya Rahane - 18.50

Dhawan - 17.75

Pujara - 16.6



Not saying dat RO's recrd is gud bt othrs have been worse. Despite this everytime only Rohit becomes the scapegoat. Now whom you'll blame for today's loss. #ENGvIND — Ro Yoga k.s (@ROYoga123) August 5, 2018

In the last INNINGS against SA @ImRo45 scores 47 in difficult condition. Though you remove him entire test squad @imVkohli @RaviShastriOfc @BCCI @ImSanjayBangar .Now non other batsman not even score 40. So remove them from team. Because Rule is rule @circleofcricket — Raju Ghunia (@raju_ghunia) August 4, 2018

Team India’s vice-captain in limited-overs was not included in the squad for the first three Test matches. He had made his comeback to the Test side last year for the tour of Sri Lanka and was also part of South Africa tour earlier this year.

However, after a poor sow in the first two Tests, he was dropped for the third game. Later, he lost his place to Karun Nair for the historic one-off Test against Afghanistan.

It was expected that Rohit might be recalled to the team for England tour but that wasn't the case as Nair retained his place. In what came as a big surprise, he wasn’t even named in India A squad for the four-day matches against South Africa A.

He doesn’t look to be in contention of making a comeback to the team for the last two Tests but the chances of his comeback can’t be ruled out completely.

