Indian national cricket team captain Rohit Sharma could soon announce his retirement from Test cricket amid his poor form with the bat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, according to a report.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar is likely to soon have tough discussions with captain Rohit Sharma over his future in the longest format of the game.
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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 previous cycle of the ICC World Test Championship. He only had 5 single-digit dismissals in 43 WTC entries between 2019-23.
Things have changed drastically this year, however, as those numbers have doubled and he has 10 single-digit dismissals in the 25 innings in 2024.
Rohit Sharma’s form has been a major cause of concern for the Indian team and according to several cricket experts, it is directly affecting his decision-making ability on the field.
In the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rohit Sharma recorded scores of 3, 6 and 10 in his first two matches, and then in the ongoing Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, he was dismissed for 5-ball 3 off to Pat Cummins. in the 2nd.
This was the fifth time that Indian captain Rohit faced Australian captain Pat Cummins in Test cricket. This is a record as in the list of captains who dismissed an opposition captain the most times in Tests, Pat Cummins, after dismissing Rohit Sharma 5 times, joined Richie Benaud and Imran Khan, who also fired Ted Dexter and Sunil Gavaskar the same number of times.
Overall, Indian national cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has been terrible and has registered just 155 runs in the last eight Test matches at a terrible average of 11.07.
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According to a PTI report, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar is currently in Melbourne and may have some tough discussions with Rohit over his future in Test cricket.
The common belief is that Rohit will have to say goodbye to Test cricket after the fifth and final Test match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in case India fails to reach their third consecutive WTC final.
Furthermore, the report suggests that Rohit was not comfortable giving up his top order to KL Rahul and batting in the middle order after missing the Perth Test. Due to this, India had to remove No. 3 batsman Shubman Gill to accommodate Rohit Sharma at the top in the Melbourne Test and push KL Rahul to No. 3.
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I think his career could certainly be coming to an end – Mark Waugh
Former Australia national cricket team player Mark Waugh also believes that the Indian captain’s Test career will end after the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
He said only some miraculous performances from the bat could save Rohit’s Test career.
“Unless Rohit Sharma can do something in the last three innings, I think his career could certainly be coming to an end,” Waugh said on Fox Sports.
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