According to reports, Indian national cricket team captain Rohit Sharma may soon announce his retirement from Test cricket as he remains out of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy The bat in the bat performed poorly.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar may soon speak to captain Rohit Sharma about his future in the longest format of the game Have difficult discussions.
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Rohit Sharma is going through a bad patch
The captain of the Indian national cricket team was one of the best batsmen in the last ICC World Test Championship. He had just five single-digit outs in 43 games in the WTC from 2019-23.
However, things have changed dramatically this year, with those numbers doubling and he has 10 single-digit outs in 25 innings in 2024.
Rohit Sharma's form has been a point of concern for the Indian team and according to several cricket experts, it has directly affected his decision-making on the field.
In the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rohit Sharma scored 3, 6 and 10 runs in the first two games before the ongoing Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground In the game, he was dismissed at the end of the second over after Pat Cummins took 3 for 5.
This is the fifth time that India captain Rohit will face Australia captain Pat Cummins in Test cricket. This is a record in the list of captains who have dismissed the opposition captain the most times in Tests, with Pat Cummins joining the ranks of Richie Benoy and Imran Khan after dismissing Rohit Sharma five times. They also dismissed Ted Dexter and Sunil Gavaskar the same number of times.
Overall, Indian national cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has had a poor season, scoring just 155 runs in the last eight Test matches at an average of just 11.07.
India captain Rohit Sharma managed just three runs! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/m1fLiqKLO7
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2024
Rohit Sharma to retire after Sydney Test against Australia if…
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar is currently in Melbourne and is likely to have some tough discussions with Rohit over his future in Test cricket, PTI reported .
It is widely believed that Rohit will have to bid farewell to Test cricket after the fifth and final Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground if India fails to reach the WTC final for the third consecutive time.
Furthermore, the report also suggests that Rohit was unwilling to give up his starting spot to KL Rahul and bat in the middle order after missing the Perth Test. As a result, the Indian team had to drop No. 3 batsman Shubman Gill to accommodate Rohit Sharma, who played at No. 1 in the Melbourne Test, and added KL Rahul KL Rahul pushed to third place.
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I think his career is definitely over – Mark Waugh
Former Australian national cricket team player Mark Waugh also feels that the India skipper's Test career will end after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2024-25.
He said only some magical performances with the bat could save Rohit's Test career.
“Unless Rohit Sharma can make a difference in the last three innings, I think his career is definitely over,” Waugh told Fox Sports.
Stumps day two in Melbourne!#IndiaTeam Moves to 164/5, 310 runs behind
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 27, 2024
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