The Test career of regular captain Rohit Sharma, who was left out of the team in the Sydney Test against Australia, is now considered to be over. According to experts, Melbourne Test match may prove to be the last Test match for Rohit Sharma. According to the latest report, BCCI has told Rohit Sharma that after the current series being played against Australia, the board is not thinking of playing him in the Test match. Two legends of Indian cricket, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri also believe that Rohit Sharma has played his last Test match.
Meanwhile, former cricketer and now active in politics, Navjot Singh Sidhu has strongly criticized the decision to drop Rohit Sharma from the team in the Sydney Test. He said that the captain should never be removed in the middle of the series nor should he be given the option to leave the team. This sends a wrong message.
BCCI’s big decision regarding Rohit Sharma
According to a report published in the Indian Express, a period of change has now begun in the Indian cricket team. Under this, it was decided to drop Rohit Sharma after his poor performance as captain and batsman in the series being played against Australia. BCCI Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar and Team India Head Coach Gautam Gambhir approved the decision to drop captain Rohit Sharma from the team.
According to informed sources, Agarkar and Gambhir had a meeting with Rohit Sharma and during this meeting everything was made clear to him about his Test career. During this meeting, Rohit Sharma was also discussed about his continuous poor performance during the current series against Australia. After this, it was decided to drop him from the team and give a chance to Shubman Gill in the team.
The board will also discuss with Virat Kohli
Informed sources also say that after the Australia tour, they are going to have similar talks with the selectors and head coach of Team India, Virat Kohli. Like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli has also failed to perform well in the current series against Australia. He is constantly getting caught out on balls going outside the off stump and this trend did not end even during the Sydney Test match.
In such a situation, it is believed that after the Australia tour, there will be a detailed discussion with Virat Kohli regarding his future and changes in the Indian team. According to experts, during this time Virat Kohli will also be asked about his future plans and then a big decision can be taken regarding his future.
Rohit Sharma has played his last test match
Meanwhile, two legendary former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri believe that the Boxing Day Test match played in Melbourne was probably the last Test match of Rohit Sharma’s career. Gavaskar said during the first day’s play of the Sydney Test match that now if India does not qualify for the final match of the World Test Championship, then the Melbourne Test will be Rohit’s last Test match. He said that perhaps we have seen Rohit Sharma playing a Test match for the last time.
Called the captain’s decision adventurous
Ravi Shastri said that during the toss of the Sydney Test match, even before I asked, captain Jasprit Bumrah said that regular captain Rohit Sharma has decided to stay out of the team. He also said that the team will be strengthened by the play of Shubman Gill. It is a very bold decision of the captain that he agreed to stay out of the last Test match. Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has praised Rohit Sharma’s decision to stay out of the team.
Sidhu angry over Rohit being dropped from the team
On the other hand, former cricketer and now active in politics Navjot Singh Sidhu has strongly criticized the team management’s decision to drop Rohit Sharma from the team. He said that the captain should never be removed from the team in the middle of the series as it gives a very wrong signal. He reminded former captains like Mark Taylor and Mohammad Azharuddin that they were retained in the team despite poor form.
He said that Rohit Sharma also deserved more trust and respect from the team management. They were not treated fairly. This is a strange incident and has happened for the first time in the history of Indian cricket. Sidhu said that if Rohit was to be kept out of the team then he should not have been made the captain in the current series. If a great player has served Indian cricket a lot then it does not matter whether his form is bad or not. This kind of decision about Rohit is not acceptable.
