Rohit Sharma Sydney Test Controversy: The Indian cricket team has recently won the Champions Trophy at Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. The Indian team’s performance in this tournament was amazing. Team India had won the Champions Trophy without losing any match. Meanwhile, the discussion about Rohit Sharma is intensified.
The reason is Sydney Test. Why did Rohit Sharma not play in the Sydney Test? This was revealed by Rohit Sharma himself. Rohit Sharma has given the reason for not playing in the Sydney Test and has also made an interesting disclosure. Rohit Sharma’s performance on Australia tour was poor.
Why did Rohit Sharma not play Sydney Test
The Indian cricket team faced defeat in the Border-Gavaskar series against the Australia cricket team in the year 2024-25. After which Rohit Sharma’s captaincy and the performance of the rest of the players were questioned. The 5th and last Test of the series was played in Sydney, in which Indian captain Rohit Sharma did not play.
Now Rohit Sharma has revealed this by reacting to this. In fact, Rohit Sharma dropped himself from that match amidst extremely poor form on Australia tour. Now Rohit Sharma has revealed about the shocking decision on this.
Talking to former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke, Rohit Sharma said in Beyond-23 Podcast that, “I had to be honest by myself that I was not able to hit the ball very well. In such a situation we somehow wanted to give Shubman Gill a place in the playing XI. We wanted that Gills who were the Gills because they were not very good players.
Rohit Sharma further said, “I myself spoke to the coach and the selector. In which both of them agreed to this decision. You try to keep the team first and decide accordingly. Sometimes it will work and sometimes not. Whatever decision you try to take, you do not guarantee success.”
Rohit Sharma further said, “What is personally for me is the biggest thing to represent the country. I will not ever put Test cricket above T20 cricket or T20 cricket above Test cricket. All three formats are equally important for me.”
