New Delhi. Has Rohit Sharma’s Test career ended without a farewell match? This question has arisen with the beginning of the Sydney Test. Indian captain Rohit Sharma is not playing in this match. Rohit Sharma has dropped himself from India’s playing eleven due to poor form. In this way, he has set an example in the interest of the team, which is rarely seen.
The fifth Test match is being played between India and Australia in Sydney from January 3. This is the last match of the series. After the first 4 matches, India is behind 1-2 in the series. If the Indian team loses this match, it will not only lose the series but will also lose the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Apart from this, WTC will be out of the final race. To reduce these threats, Rohit Sharma has excluded himself from the team so that India’s chances of winning can increase.
Rohit Sharma has decided to stay out of the Sydney Test due to being out of form. He has scored 31 runs in 3 matches on the current tour of Australia. His best score has been 10 runs. Among Indian batsmen, only Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj have been able to score less runs than Rohit in the current tour.
Did Rohit Sharma’s Test career end because he did not play in Sydney? The answer to this can be understood from Ravi Shastri’s statement. Praising Rohit Sharma, he said that this is a difficult decision, but there is a time for everything. You have to take a decision. Cricket lovers know that India has to play the next Test match on the England tour in June. The WTC final will be played just before this tour. If the Indian team wins the Sydney Test match and makes it to the WTC final, then Rohit can be seen playing in the team. But if the Indian team does not make it to the WTC final, then Rohit can say goodbye to Test cricket.
Ravi Shastri also explains this very well. They say that Rohit has turned 38 years old. There is no dearth of young players in India. In such a situation, there is no reason why they would want to continue playing. Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma has played 67 matches in his 11-year test career. In these 67 matches, he has scored 4301 runs at an average of 40.57 and with the help of 12 centuries.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: January 3, 2025, 05:38 IST