Rohit Sharma Dropped From Sydney Test: India’s regular captain Rohit Sharma was dropped from the playing eleven of the last match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played against Australia in Sydney. Vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah is commanding Team India in the match. Rohit was kept out due to poor form. So let us know which Indian captain was dropped from the playing eleven before this.
So let us tell you that before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was dropped from the playing eleven in 2005. It is said that there was a difference of opinion between the then Indian coach Grade Chappell and captain Ganguly. Due to this difference of opinion, Captain Ganguly was dropped from the playing eleven. This incident happened during India’s tour of Zimbabwe.
Why did Rohit Sharma drop?
Regular Indian captain Rohit Sharma played three matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 and he proved to be a flop in all the three matches. He batted in five innings of the series, in which the high score was 10 runs. The Hitman scored 03 and 09 runs in both the innings of the fourth Test of the series played in Melbourne. After this the demand to drop Rohit intensified.
Meanwhile, media reports have claimed that all is not well between head coach Gautam Gambhir and the team players and Rohit Sharma can be dropped from the Sydney Test. Then before the start of the Sydney Test, the official news came that Rohit Sharma is not a part of the playing eleven.
Rohit Sharma’s test career
It is noteworthy that Rohit Sharma has played 67 tests in his career so far. In 116 innings of these matches, he has scored 4301 runs at an average of 40.57. During this period, he has scored 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries, in which the high score has been 212 runs.
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