Delhi: Even before Team India left for Australia tour, the news was in the news that captain Rohit Sharma would not be able to play the initial Test of the series, with the intention of being with his wife during the birth of their second child. It was not even decided how many? Although the list of people taking such decisions is getting longer and now, whether it is an IPL team or not, even the cricket boards of the country are ready for such absence of a player, but whenever a 'big gun' player takes such a decision, he is on leave. It is directly compared to abandoning 'national duty'. The same is happening in the case of Rohit Sharma. However, Rohit Sharma's new born son helped him a lot in saving him from this crisis and after welcoming the new child, Rohit Sharma could have easily reached Perth to play the test but he decided to stay in India for a few more days with his family and the new child. Took for.

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Virat Kohli: He chose family over cricket when he had both his children. In January 2021, he missed 3 Tests in the Border-Gavaskar series against Australia when Anushka Sharma gave birth to Vamika. His second such opportunity came in February 2024, when he skipped the England Test series to welcome his son Akay in London. There was a big debate both times.

Jasprit Bumrah: His son Angad was born in September 2023 and Jasprit left the Asia Cup midway to attend the occasion. The difference is that when it was decided that 'all is well', he rejoined the team during the Super 4 round. With his quick return to Team India, everyone forgot about his departure and started praising his dedication to the team.

Rohit Sharma: Then Rohit Sharma's situation was different in the Australia tour of 2018-19 and that tour was being seen as a great opportunity for him to cement his place in the Test team. His second innings of 63* proved to be very valuable in the Melbourne Test victory. Even then he returned to India for the birth of his daughter. If this opportunity was lost, Rohit Sharma had to wait for several months for the next test match.

Nasir Hussain: He was the captain of England for the Australia Ashes series in 2002–03. He neither wanted to leave the captain's duty nor his family, so he took his pregnant wife along on the tour. To avoid any emergency, he had taken his wife Karen to Australia even before the team left for the tour so that later the doctors would not allow him to travel in such a condition. In such a situation, along with team duty in Australia, I also saw my family.

Nate Sciver-Brunt: In May this year, one of England's top female cricketers, Nat Sciver-Brunt, missed the first T20 International between England and Pakistan because she had an 'egg freezing' appointment that day for the birth of her child. He was undergoing injections for two weeks in this process. Brunt was married to team seamer Katherine and both wanted to continue playing cricket while having a family. In the WPL, Mumbai Indians bought her for 320,000 pounds and she became one of the female cricketers to get the biggest contract in Britain. His not playing international matches because of this is a new example in cricket.