Boycott said Rohit is still a god batter but added that nobody gets better after the age of 36.
Boycott’s comment didn’t sit well with the Indian captain’s supporters, who came down heavily on the former England opener.
However, the 83-year-old on Saturday (February 3) reiterated his comment, saying that the Rohit fans should stop defending the indefensible.
Boycott highlighted that Rohit is still a god batter but added that nobody gets better after the age of 36.
“Supporters of Rohit stop defending the indefensible he’s been a super batsman & still good but nobody gets better after age 36, we all decline in fitness reactions speed of thought endurance etc. doesn’t mean he can’t make runs but has to use all his experience to combat his age,” Boycott wrote on social media platform X.
While Rohit Sharma has performed exceptionally well since becoming an opener in the longest format of the game, he is struggling for runs in the ongoing five-Test series against England.
So far, the right-hander has registered scores of 24, 39, 14 and 13 in the four innings of the first two Tests in Hyderabad and Vizag.
After India’s 28-run defeat in the Hyderabad Test, Boycott wrote in his column for The Telegraph: “Their captain Rohit Sharma is nearly 37 and past his best. He makes pretty cameos but has scored only two Test hundreds at home in four years.”
In the last Test series against South Africa, Rohit could only manage 60 runs at an average of 20.
“This India team are ripe for the taking and England has a golden chance to be the first side to topple them on their own patch for 12 years. India badly miss Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja has a hamstring injury and will not play the second Test,” Boycott added.