Rohit Sharma News: Team India’s regular captain Rohit Sharma is not playing in the fifth and last Test match of the Test series being played between India and Australia. Rohit Sharma has been rested in the Test match being played in Sydney. In his place, Jasprit Bumrah is captaining Team India. It was under the captaincy of Bumrah that India achieved a spectacular victory in the first Test match played in Perth. There were already fears that Rohit Sharma would be out of the last Test match.
So far, in the series being played against Australia under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rohit Sharma has played five innings of three Test matches and during this he has been able to score only 31 runs. It is believed that for this reason he did not get a chance to play in the last test match. With this, a shameful record has also been registered in the name of Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma has become the first Indian captain to be dropped from the playing eleven in the middle of a Test series.
Apprehensions were already being expressed
Only after the press conference of Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir, it was feared that Rohit Sharma would not be a part of the team during the last Test match. When Gambhir was asked about Rohit Sharma’s playing during the press conference, he said that the playing 11 will be announced at the time of toss. This statement of Gambhir was considered a big sign. Only after this, such news started floating that Rohit Sharma would be out of the team during the Sydney Test match.
During Team India’s practice session before the Sydney Test, Gambhir was seen discussing with Bumrah while Rohit was silent. Apart from Gambhir, chief selector Ajit Agarkar also had discussions with Bumrah. After the practice session of Team India, it was believed that Shubman Gill would be given a chance at number three for the Indian team. This proved to be absolutely correct and during the Sydney Test match, Shubman Gill is a part of Team India while Rohit Sharma is out of the team.
Won the World Cup 6 months ago
About 6 months ago, on 29 June 2024, Team India won the T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Team India won the World Cup by defeating the strong South African team by seven runs in the final match. With this, Team India ended the ICC Cup drought that had been going on for 7 years.
Rohit Sharma became a hero after India won the World Cup. His performance during the T20 World Cup was also very good and he scored 257 runs while playing 8 matches. After India won the World Cup, the team was welcomed with much fanfare in Delhi and Mumbai.
Great performance in ODI World Cup too
Earlier, during the ODI World Cup played in 2023, Team India had shown its strength under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, Team India reached the final without losing any match. However, during the final match, Team India had to face defeat against Australia. Despite this, the sympathy of all the cricket fans was with Rohit Sharma and Team India.
Now within a span of six months, Rohit Sharma is seen turning from a hero to a villain. The Indian team is on the verge of being eliminated from the final of the World Test Championship. India won the Test series against Bangladesh by 2-0 but after that India had to face a 3-0 defeat against New Zealand. Even against New Zealand, Rohit Sharma proved to be a complete flop and scored only 91 runs in six innings.
Talk of retirement after defeat in Melbourne
After the crushing defeat in the Melbourne Test match against Australia, news of Rohit Sharma’s retirement started doing the rounds. Some media reports even claimed that the Test match to be played in Sydney could be the last Test match of Rohit’s career, but Rohit has not been included in the team even in this Test match. In such a situation, experts have even started saying that Rohit Sharma has played his last test match.
If we look at the past, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Anil Kumble had said goodbye in the middle of the Test series because their bodies were not in a condition to play Test cricket. This is not the case with Rohit Sharma right now. After being left out of the team in the fifth Test match, he has become the first Indian captain who is not a part of the Indian XI in the middle of a Test series. It is believed that soon there may be an official announcement of Rohit Sharma’s retirement. Now it remains to be seen when and what decision Rohit takes in this regard.
