Gautam Gambhir Unhappy Rohit Sharma Retirement From Test Cricket: The fifth match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was to be played in Sydney, but before that, captain Rohit Sharma surprised everyone by announcing his decision to drop himself. The entire cricket world was aware that Rohit’s absence from the playing eleven was directly pointing towards retirement. But on the second day of the Sydney Test, Rohit gave an interview, in which he told that he had decided to sit out of the playing eleven in the interest of the team and he was not retiring.
Now a TOI report has revealed that head coach Gautam Gambhir did not like Rohit Sharma’s U-turn on retirement. It has been claimed in this report that Rohit had decided to retire after the Melbourne Test, but due to external support and well-wishers, he changed his decision. A source quoted by Times of India said, “Rohit Sharma had made up his mind after the Melbourne Test. If Rohit’s well-wishers had not forced him to change his mind, we would have seen another veteran’s retirement on the Australian tour.” Could have got.”
Let us remind you that before the start of the Sydney Test, Gautam Gambhir had given a press conference. In that, Gambhir did not give any clear answer on the inclusion of Rohit Sharma in the playing eleven. According to this recent report, Rohit took a U-turn on his retirement, but his decision was not liked by coach Gautam Gambhir.
What did Rohit Sharma say on retirement?
Regarding his retirement after the Sydney Test, Rohit Sharma had said that he does not know what will happen in the next 5 months or 2 months? His focus is only on the present, since his bat was not working, he had decided to keep himself out of the team in the interest of the team. He also said in clear words that he is not retiring and also expressed hope that life changes every day, perhaps his form will also change.
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