Time for Sharma and Raina to step up

Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina have an abundance of talent, but their perfromances on the field haven't stacked up high enough. In the Indian Express, Harsha Bhogle asks if Sharma and Raina can grow from T20 stars to being consistent in all forms of the game.

It is a call that Rohit Sharma and others like Suresh Raina must take. Do they want to make T20 their universe, exist as a series of short, incandescent bursts, where failure is frequented as often as success? Or do they want to take their extraordinary ability towards other horizons? It is not as easy a decision as it seems for sooner or later they will be confronted by that enemy of ambition — the comfort factor. A sharp fast bowler who makes life uncomfortable can only come at you for 12 balls, or maybe even six (notice how T20 is slowly replacing the word ‘over’). There are always a couple of bowlers you can punish. And forty five minutes is about as long an innings will last.