Rahul Tiwari
khelja|12-01-2025
There is constant speculation about the future of Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit's career in this format is considered to be over after failing miserably in the Test series on Australia tour. Although Rohit has definitely said that at present he is not going anywhere. On top of that, his relations with the team's head coach Gautam Gambhir are not going well. Amidst all this, a shocking revelation has come to light, in which the reason for the increased tension between the two has been explained. The reason for this is Rohit Sharma, who had decided to retire during the Australia tour but then suddenly reversed his decision in the end.
The English newspaper Times of India has revealed this in one of its reports. It has been told in the report that Rohit, who was facing failure as a batsman and captain in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy during the Australia tour, had decided to retire from this format but before the last Test match played in Sydney, he changed this decision, which the coach said. Gautam Gambhir did not like it and he got angry with Rohit on this matter.
According to the report, after Team India's crushing defeat in the fourth Test match played in Melbourne, Rohit wanted to announce his retirement but in the meantime his 'well-wishers' talked to him and convinced him to change his decision. Rohit was explained that he should not decide on retirement yet. Quoting a source in the report, it has been said that after persuasion by 'well-wishers', he changed his decision just before the Sydney Test. But coach Gambhir did not like Rohit changing his decision like this and he got angry with this.
The series did not prove to be good for Rohit. Team India won the first Test played in Perth but Rohit was not a part of that match. Then he returned from the second test but he failed to lead the team to victory. Rohit batted in 5 innings in the second, third and fourth test matches but could score only 31 runs. His captaincy was also coming under question. In such a situation, there was a constant demand that he should be dropped from the Sydney Test and then he should retire after this series.
Rohit was not a part of the playing eleven in the last Test played in Sydney. But not only the playing 11, but Rohit was also not included in the 15 players included in the match squad. In such a situation, it was believed that Rohit's Test career was over but the Indian captain gave a special interview to Star Sports on the second day of the Sydney Test and made it clear that he had ruled himself out of the match for the good of the team but he Not retiring yet. Now the eyes are on whether Rohit gets a place for the Test series to be held in England this year or will the Melbourne Test be his last match?