Rohit Sharma
Indian team star batsman Rohit Sharma has suddenly retired from Test cricket. He has already announced a sudden retirement before the Test series against England, while in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, he was out of the fifth Test playing XI, despite being a captain. At this time, the form and fitness is not supporting Rohit, which is probably the reason for his early retirement.
1. Rohit struggling with poor form
Rohit Sharma was struggling with a very bad form for some time and it became difficult to get runs from his bat. Test series Team India against New Zealand lost 0-3 at home under his captaincy. In this series, only one half -century came out of his bat and the rest of the time he became an easy victim of Kiwi bowlers. After this, the old story was also repeated on the tour of Australia and there was no innings of more than 20 runs with his bat. For this reason, he kept himself out of playing XI from the last and fifth Test match against Australia. One has been a bad form for his biggest reasons for his retirement.
2. Rohit Sharma is 38 years old
Test format is the oldest format of cricket and here is the real test of batsman’s patience. Rohit Sharma is 38 years old at this time. At the same time, it is not easy for any batsman to play Test cricket at the age of 38. Anyway, Test cricket is of five days, so a temporant is needed to stay here.
3. Fitness is a big problem
Rohit’s fitness of shame has also been a big problem. Many legendary players had earlier questioned their fitness, as they look a bit heavier than other players. He left many easy catches while running in the Test series against New Zealand. Fitness has been a major problem in retirement from Rohit’s early test.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India won the T20 World Cup 2024 and the Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit retired from T20I cricket after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title. Now he has also said goodbye to the test. Now their fire will be seen only by Indian fans in ODI cricket.
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