'Rohit Sharma was an underachiever but has become a match-winner in Test Cricket' - Mark Waugh is in awe of hitman's transformation

Australian batting legend, Mark Waugh, was all praises for the Indian skipper,Rohit Sharma, saying that the 'Hitman' has successfully transformed from being an exemplary white-ball player to being a match-winner in Test cricket  for India as well. As per Waugh, Sharma was somewhat an underachiever in Test cricket earlier but his comeback as an opener in the longest format has been phenomenal.

India swept past Australia in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. They hammered Australia as they won the first Test by an emphatic margin of an innings and 132 runs. Notably, Rohit Sharma scored a valuable century and made batting look easy during his stay at the crease.

Moreover, Ravindra Jadeja, scored a valuable fifty and took a fifer in the first innings and also won the Player of the match for his incredible performance.

Mark Waugh in awe of the Hitman

Mark Waugh, the former Australian batter was highly impressed by the Mumbai batter's heroics on a tricky pitch, where wickets were falling at regular intervals. His comments has come after Sharma played a match-winning knock to put India in command in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.

"He has got the discipline, he has got the range of shots. It's all about the mental game now. He is a class player, in all conditions. He plays well overseas, he has got a perfect game for Indian conditions. He has got the range, he watches the ball so closely, and he has got great hands. He reads the game well, he can go up the gear and down the gear, according to the situation," Waugh told Starsports.

The Australian batter also spoke about how he has improved in Test cricket. "He (Rohit) has had an interesting Test career, hasn't he? In the early bit of his career, he was an underachiever of sorts. He needed to work on his discipline. But, he has always had a touch of class, he has always had time like all the great players. He has a very simple technique. He has always been a match-winner in white-ball cricket, but he is a match-winner in Test cricket now," the 57-year-old concluded. 

Rohit Sharma and India will now travel to Delhi for the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He would be looking to add more runs to his tally and hope for another victory for India in the series. 

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