The 5th match of the 5-match Test series between India and Australia is being played in Sydney. But in this match the Indian team has entered with a big change. Captain Rohit Sharma is not a part of this match. For the last few days, there were reports that this match could prove to be the last match of Rohit's Test career. But he has not even got a chance to play the Sydney Test. In such a situation, it is now believed that his Test career is over and he can announce his retirement any time. That means, Rohit Sharma's story has completely changed in the last 188 days. Because in June last year, Team India won the T20 World Cup title under his captaincy.

How did Rohit's career get ruined within 188 days?

There are only a few captains of India who have won ICC tournaments. Rohit Sharma is also one of them. When the Indian team won the T20 World Cup under his captaincy, he became the hero of the entire country. He was being talked about everywhere and all the great cricketers were praising him. But after the T20 World Cup, it seemed as if his luck had deserted him. Since the T20 World Cup, neither has his bat played nor has the team been able to do anything special under his captaincy. This is the reason why now despite being the captain, he has been dropped from the team.

Haven't batted since T20 World Cup

Rohit had said goodbye to the T20I format only after the 2024 T20 World Cup. After this he took a break from the cricket field and then returned from the Sri Lanka tour. On this tour, he scored 157 runs in the 3-match ODI series at an average of 52.33, which included 2 half-centuries. After this the Test season of the Indian team started. But he flopped in every test match. After the T20 World Cup, Rohit played 2 Tests against Bangladesh, 3 Tests against New Zealand and now 3 Tests against Australia. But during this period he could touch the 50 run mark only once.

He has been a flop not only in batting but also in captaincy. Excluding the two Tests against Bangladesh, they have not won a single Test match after the T20 World Cup. In the last 6 test matches, he has not been able to win a single match and has managed to draw only 1 match. New Zealand had defeated Team India 3-0 in their own home, which was a shameful defeat. At the same time, in the first match of the Australia series, Team India won in the absence of Rohit. But after Rohit's arrival, the team could not win even a single match. Only after all these incidents has it been decided to drop Rohit from the team.