India cricket team ke captain Rohit Sharma ne Ajit Agarkar aur Gautam Gambhir ko bataya hai ki woh 5th Test match against Australia mein participate nahi karenge.
India cricket team ko agle din 5th aur final Test match mein captainship sambhalne ke liye Jasprit Bumrah milenge, kyunki Rohit Sharma ne khud ko rest dena decide kiya hai. Yeh match Sydney Cricket Ground par Friday se shuru hoga. The Indian Express ki report ke hisaab se, Rohit, jo 37 saal ke hain, ne head coach Gautam Gambhir aur chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar se baat ki thi aur unhe apna decision ‘opt out’ karne ke baare mein bataya, jise unhone shanti se accept kiya.
Jab Indian dressing room mein kuch unrest ki khabarein aayi thi, uske baad ek din Rohit thodi der ke liye practice session mein dikhaye diye, bas match ke liye preparation karte waqt. Gambhir ne pre-match press conference mein un reports ko dismiss kiya, lekin yeh clear nahi kiya ki kya Rohit kal khelega ya nahi. “Rohit ke saath sab kuch thik hai aur mujhe lagta nahi ki koi problem hai. Head coach yahan hain aur yeh kaafi hona chahiye. Hum wicket ko dekh kar final decision kal lenge,” Gambhir ne kaha.
Jab yeh reaction diya gaya, toh yeh confirm ho gaya ki Rohit shayad series decider mein nahi khelega, aur jaise-jaise din guzar raha tha, yeh belief aur bhi mazboot ho gayi thi. Gambhir, Rohit, aur Bumrah ko nets mein lambi baat karte dekha gaya, aur jab sab batters ka practice session lamba tha, toh Rohit ka batting session kaafi short tha. Rohit India ki sweatshirt pehene ke liye khel rahe the, jo bas warm-up drill ke barabar tha.
Agar yeh sach hai aur Rohit Friday ko nahi khelega, toh Bumrah ko toss ke liye bheja jayega, jo November mein Perth Test mein India ko 295-run se jeet dilane wale captain the. Aur yeh sahi bhi hai, kyunki ab series line par hai – India ko SCG Test jeetna zaroori hai taaki series ko level kar sake aur Border-Gavaskar Trophy retain kar sake. Agar Rohit Friday ko nahi khelte, toh MCG Test unka last Test ho sakta hai, kyunki woh naye World Test Championship mein shayad aage Tests na khelen.
Rohit ka ‘Rest’ aur Shubman Gill ki Wapsi
Rohit ka ‘rest’ lene se Shubman Gill ko No. 3 par wapas bheja gaya hai. Gill, jo Adelaide mein 28 aur 31 ki scores ke saath khel chuke hain, ko drop kiya gaya tha combination ki wajah se. Yashasvi Jaiswal aur KL Rahul, jo series ke opener mein 201-run ki record partnership banaye the, ab innings ki shuruat karenge.
Rohit ke liye pichla saal ka doosra half thoda struggling raha hai. Unka form bilkul low par gaya, Test matches mein unka average sirf 24.56 raha. New Zealand ke against 3 Tests mein unhone sirf 91 runs banaye aur India ko apne ghar pe 12 saal baad pehli baar series loss ka samna karna pada.
Australia mein unka performance aur bhi kharaab raha, jahan unhone 3 Tests mein sirf 31 runs banaye. Yeh series ke liye unka performance sabse worse tha. Rest ya drop hone ka decision Indian cricket ki history mein pehla aisa decision ho sakta hai, kyunki kabhi kisi captain ne itni bada step nahi liya hai, jab itni important series ho.
Agar yeh sach hai aur Rohit ka Test career yahi khatam hota hai, toh woh apne career ko 4301 runs ke saath khatam karenge, jisme 12 centuries bhi shamil hain. Jab se unhone January 2022 mein Virat Kohli ke baad Test captaincy sambhali thi, Rohit ne India ko Australia aur England ke khilaf home series jeetne mein lead kiya aur 2nd World Test Championship ke final tak bhi pohchaye, jahan India runner-up raha.
