The playing-11 of any Test team starts with the captain. Then the rest of the players are selected. The situation of the Indian team before the Sydney Test is the opposite of this. The first name of Team India is not decided in this match against Australia starting on January 3. On Thursday, Indian coach Gautam Gambhir was asked about Rohit Sharma playing in the Sydney Test, but Gambhir did not give a direct answer. He just said – ‘Playing-11 will be decided after seeing the pitch.’ Apart from Gambhir’s answer, the indications of this were clearly seen in the training session of Team India. Currently, the Indian team is trailing 1-2 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The team has to play the last match of the 5-match series in Sydney from January 3. 3 points; which indicate Rohit not playing… 1. Rohit remained sitting alone in the dressing room
Rohit Sharma was seen isolated from the team in the team’s training session before the match. He remained sitting alone in the dressing room. He was seen talking to Bumrah for a long time. Rohit came to practice very late. 2. Gambhir-Agarkar seen talking to Bumrah
During training, head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar were seen talking to the team’s vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah. After this, Bumrah asked Shubman Gill to do nets. During this, Rohit Sharma also kept doing nets. 3. Gill trained in slip fielding instead of Rohit
Instead of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill practiced fielding in slip. Usually during matches, Rohit Sharma is seen fielding in slip with Yashasvi and Virat. Do give your opinion in this poll… Irfan Pathan had said – If Rohit was not the captain, he would not have been in the team
Former fast bowler Irfan Pathan had said on Rohit Sharma’s poor form – ‘If Rohit was not the captain, he would not have been in the team. A player who has scored 20 thousand runs. Still, the way Rohit is struggling, it seems that his form is not supporting him. What is happening now is that he is playing because he is the captain. If he was not the captain, he would probably not be playing right now. You would have a fixed team.’ Rohit’s captaincy is in question, made many changes in batting order
Questions are also being raised on Rohit’s captaincy in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He was not a part of the Perth Test. After that Rohit batted at number-6 in the Adelaide and Gabba Tests, but failed. After that the captain returned to the opening position in the Melbourne Test, but could not score runs. Rohit, who is struggling with poor form, could score only 31 runs in BGT-2024
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has been a flop in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He has been able to score only 31 runs in 5 innings of 3 Tests. His average has been 6.20. He has been able to score only 131 runs in the year 2024 at an average of 24.76. Dhoni left captaincy after defeat in Melbourne
11 years ago today, in 2014, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy also ended in Melbourne. He announced his retirement after the Melbourne Test. ———————————————– Read this news related to Sydney Test… Gambhir’s clarification on reprimanding players for Melbourne defeat Head coach Gautam Gambhir is angry at Team India’s dressing room matters becoming public. The coach said on Thursday that the conversation between players and coach should be limited to the dressing room only. It should not come out. Gambhir tried to hush up the matter by saying that these are only reports, there is no truth in them. Read full news
