Jasprit Bumrah on Rohit Sharma: The fifth and last Test match of the five-match Test series between India and Australia is currently being played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Indian team captain Rohit Sharma is out of the playing eleven for this match. In place of Rohit Sharma, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been given the captaincy of the team in the Sydney Test. Why is captain Rohit Sharma out of the Sydney Test against Australia? Regarding this, current captain Jasprit Bumrah revealed this at the time of toss.
What did Jasprit Bumrah say?
In this match, captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and chose to bat. Captain Rohit Sharma has decided to rest himself from this match. Regarding this, Jasprit Bumrah said, ‘Obviously our captain (Rohit Sharma) has also shown his leadership abilities. He has chosen to rest in this match. This shows that there is a lot of unity in our team. In which there is no selfishness. We are trying to do whatever is in the interest of the team. This time Shubman Gill has got a place in the playing eleven. Whereas fast bowler Prasidh Krishna has got a chance to play for the first time in this series. Shubman Gill has been included in place of out-of-form Rohit Sharma and Prasidh Krishna has been included in place of injured Akashdeep.
Rohit’s performance in the series was disappointing
Actually, Jasprit Bumrah came for the toss in place of Rohit Sharma in the Sydney Test. Rohit’s bat has been quiet during this series. He has scored only 31 runs in 5 test innings. He has scored 3, 6, 10, 3 and 9 runs respectively in the innings. Now the Indian team took the extraordinary step of changing its captain for the final Test.
positive dressing room atmosphere
During the toss, when Ravi Shastri asked Jasprit Bumrah about the atmosphere in the dressing room, Bumrah said, ‘Yes, the conversation in the dressing room was very good. We are trying to keep the atmosphere positive. We are trying to learn by keeping positive things in mind. While Jasprit Bumrah led the team to victory in the Perth Test, Rohit Sharma was out due to the birth of his second child. However, India has still not lost this series completely. India is currently trailing 2-1 in the Test series, but in the Sydney Test, the team has a chance to level the series and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
