Rohit Sharma: India vs Australia 5th Test is being played at Sydney Cricket Ground. Jasprit Bumrah is captaining Team India in this match. Rohit Sharma has decided not to play the last test. Despite being the captain, Rohit Sharma has taken this decision in the middle of the series. After this decision of the hitman, a shameful record has been registered in his name. Became the first Indian captain to be dropped from the playing 11 in the middle of a Test series. There have been many times in the history of Indian cricket when captains have been changed mid-series due to retirement or personal reasons, but this is the first time that a captain has been kept out of the playing eleven while being in the team. This has happened for the fourth time in world cricket.
The first instance of a captain being dropped from the playing eleven during an international series was in the 1974 Ashes series when England’s Mike Denness opted out of the fourth Test. John Edrich took command of the team in his place. However, he made a brilliant comeback in the next Test in Adelaide.
This has happened for the first time in international cricket after 2014. Last time when Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq decided to withdraw from the ODI series against Australia, Shahid Afridi took charge of the team in his place. In the same year, Dinesh Chandimal decided to sit out of the Sri Lankan line-up for the last three matches of the T20 World Cup, including the semi-finals and final. After this Lasith Malinga took over the captaincy and led the team to its first T20 World Cup title.
Indian fans would also like that Rohit Sharma’s sacrifice does not go in vain and the Sydney Test series is leveled at 2-2 by winning the Sydney Test. With the series being drawn, India will retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy, and Team India’s hopes of reaching the WTC final will also remain intact.
