Rishabh Pant On Rohit Sharma: The fifth Test is being played between India and Australia in Sydney. The Indian team has entered without its regular captain Rohit Sharma. Jasprit Bumrah is captaining in the absence of Rohit Sharma. Actually, it is being said about Rohit Sharma that he himself decided to opt out of the Sydney Test. Now Indian team’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has reacted to his regular captain not playing. He said that Rohit Sharma’s decision is beyond selfishness and emotional. It was his own decision not to be a part of the playing 11.
What did Rishabh Pant say on Rohit Sharma?
Rishabh Pant said, I think it is an emotional decision, he has been our captain for a long time. We have seen him leading the team. But sometimes such decisions are taken in which you are not a part, and this was the management’s decision. I was not part of that conversation. So, I can’t tell too much about that. In fact, after the defeat in the Melbourne Test, many types of news are continuously making headlines. It is being claimed in media reports that there is a rift between Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir. Both are continuously ignoring each other.
On the first day of the Sydney Test, Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat, but the Indian innings was reduced to just 185 runs. Scott Bowland took maximum 4 wickets for Australia. Apart from this, Mitchell Starc got 3 successes. Pat Cummins dismissed 2 batsmen. Nathan Lyon took 1 wicket. Rishabh Pant scored the maximum 40 runs for India. While Ravindra Jadeja contributed 26 runs. Jasprit Bumrah played an important inning of 22 runs, but the flop show of most of India’s top order batsmen continued.
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