India lost the first Test by 31 runs to England.
The second innings of India saw a possession of wickets as M Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane all failed to give support to Virat Kohli, who was on a one-man mission to win the Test for India.
Indian batting undid all the good work that Indian bowlers, especially R Ashwin (7 wickets in the match) and Ishant Sharma (5/51 in the second innings) did.
This performance has led to calls of including Rohit Sharma in the Indian Test team for the second Test onwards.
Fans took to Twitter and asked for the 'hitman' to return to the Indian Test team.
Here are some of the tweets:
Rohit Sharma is not in test. So match lost
— Chaitanya (@SingasaniChait1) August 5, 2018
We need #Hitman in Test ???? pic.twitter.com/x7Jc24myxy
— Ragul Rohit (@imRagulRohit45) August 5, 2018
"Last 11 inngs of Rahane in test"
— Sudarshan Singh (@imsudarshan_07) August 5, 2018
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
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
Test Average in 2018 in overseas
— Ro Yoga k.s (@ROYoga123) August 5, 2018
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
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