India has suffered a lot because of the poor opening stands during the ongoing Test series. The early dismissal of the openers meant that the middle order was exposed too soon and that didn't help the Indian batting line up. They were bowled out under 150 twice at Lord's.

India has good options in hand for the opening spot but they haven't delivered and that's a headache for the management. Talks about giving the youngsters a chance were also heard, but lack of experience may stop Indian team from giving them an opportunity.

Indian limited-overs specialist opener Rohit Sharma, who is currently out of the Test squad, recently showed interest to play in the longest format as an opener. Rohit has played 25 Tests for India, but lack of good performance meant there is no fixed place for the Mumbai batsman.

"Look, I have never been offered (to open the innings in Tests) yet but I am open to anything as in whatever the team management wants. I never thought I will be an opener in ODIs when I started playing or when I was playing for India. But it happened along the way, so I (want to) keep my options open. No option is shut for me, so if the opportunity comes, I will take it," Rohit said.'

The right-handed batsman was disappointed after being discarded from the Test team on England's tour.

"I want to be part of the (Test) team, but it is not in my hands. I have to wait for the opportunity, whenever it comes, I have to be ready for it. To be ready, I am doing everything, training, doing as much as possible to give myself the best chance when the opportunity comes there," he added.

Rohit spoke in support of Indian team who are 0-2 down against England. "Yes, of course, we have to believe that we can do it. It's not going to be that easy. We have done it in South Africa we lost the first two Test matches and then we bounced back in Johannesburg and won that Test match," Rohit said.

There are still three Tests left in the series and Rohit believes India can make a comeback. "I think we can do it, it's not that we can't and we won the Test match. We have won Test matches in England before, we just need to get in that mindset, how we won the Test matches in England on previous tours and we have to play like that," said Rohit.

"There are still three Test matches to go, and I think it can turn around if we have the belief that we can do it," he noted.

(With PTI inputs)