When in form, India’s Test skipper and opening batter Rohit Sharma is easily among the best in business — stylish, swashbuckling and flamboyant. However, in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, he has been far from that.

In fact, his numbers in his last 12 Test innings have been so poor, that if it was any other player in his place, he would have found himself not just out of the Test team, but far from even knocking that door of re-entry.