Rohit Sharma Sydney Test: A surprising news has come out regarding Team India. A report has claimed that captain Rohit Sharma will not play in the Sydney Test. After the defeat in the fourth test against Australia, questions were continuously being raised on Team India. Now Rohit has been shown the way out. However, official information on this has not been revealed yet. Before Rohit, there are other great captains who have been out of the team due to poor form.
The last match of the Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia will be played from Friday. According to a news in Indian Express, Rohit Sharma may be out of Sydney Test. They can be given rest. Rohit is continuously struggling with bad form. After the New Zealand series, he has not done anything special in the Test series against Australia. Now in his place, Jasprit Bumrah can get the command of Team India in the last test.
When former England captain Denness was out of the team due to poor form –
Before Rohit, there are other great captains who have been out of the team due to poor form. The first name among these is that of former England captain Mike Denness. The England team toured Australia for the Ashes series in 1974-75. England had to face defeat in two out of the first three matches. While one match was drawn. After this, Captain Denes along with the management took drastic steps. He dropped players who were going through bad form. Denes himself was also included in the list.
From Misbah to Chandimal, these captains were also out of the team –
There are other legends included in the list of captains who were dropped from the team due to poor form. Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq, former Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal, Michael Clarke, Brendon McCullum and Alastair Cook have also sat out of the team. Now Rohit’s name has also been added to this list.
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