5 reasons why Rohit Sharma has struggled in Sri Lanka

#4. Inability to get going in the beginning

Slow and scratchy beginnings have caused Sharma's downfall

Rohit is a slow-starter. He is not the kind of batsmen who start playing their strokes from the word go. The Indian batsman prefers the traditional method of batting which is to first settle down and then play strokes.

Hence, whenever the opening batsman makes a big score, he ends up piling a massive knock. However, this approach makes him highly vulnerable at the start of his innings.

The right-hand batsman takes him time to understand the nature of wicket and the bowler's plan. In the beginning, he is scratchy and has issues when the ball does some mischief.

This flaw in his batting is mercilessly exposed in Sri Lanka where bowlers have targeted his weak links in the beginning and have reaped heavy rewards.

In Sri Lanka, he has got out seven times between the scores of 01 to 09 and between scores of 10 to 19, he has been dismissed on four occasions. Plus he has five ducks to his name.

Thus, out of his twenty dismissals, 16 have come when his score was below 20.