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Rohit Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha will have to wait for a spot in the Test eleven: Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir wants the team management to persist with Hanuma Vihari and Rishabh Pant in the longest format of the game.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has said that players like Rohit Sharma and wicket keeper Wriddhiman Saha will have to wait for their spot in the playing eleven after Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari and Rishabh Pant's performances in recent times.
Gambhir also felt that Rohit might not be picked for the second and final Test as well. He said, "Rohit has got to wait for his opportunity. There is Rahane, who has done well now and Vihari too. So he has to wait and when he gets that opportunity, he needs to perform."
He also heaped praise on Ajinkya Rahane's Man of the Match performance in the first Test where he scored a Test century after two years.
"I am not at all surprised but it was a much needed performance, both from individual and team's point of view. And when it comes in a winning cause, it doesn't get better than that."
Gambhir also backed Rishabh Pant to don the big gloves in spite of Wriddhiman Saha's return.
"When someone like Pant is averaging 48 with the bat and scored a hundred each in England and Australia, he deserves to be playing Test cricket. Saha needs to wait for his opportunity as Pant has grabbed his opportunity with both hands."
After a comfortable victory in the first Test, Virat Kohli and his men will look to keep on the good work and pocket full points from the second ICC World Championship Test as well.
The second Test will be played at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica from 30th August.
