Overview

• Sanjay Manjrekar has insisted that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma belong to different tiers in Test cricket, rejecting fan-made 'RoKo' comparisons.
• He noted that Kohli amassed 12 Test centuries in SENA nations while Sharma managed only one, despite over 100 innings under those conditions.
• Manjrekar argued that had Sharma toured England this summer, his Test average of 40.57 would have likely dipped into the 30s.
• His comments were prompted by remarks from new captain Shubman Gill about facing the challenge of filling the void left by the two retirees.
• India is set to begin a five-match Test series in England on June 20 with Gill at the helm and both veterans absent from the lineup.