India test match captain, Rohit Sharma, said sitting out the final match of the series against Australia due to poor form does not mean he will retire, adding that critics will not decide when he should walk away from the sport.

Rohit Sharma on Saturday cleared the air around his omission from the playing XI for the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Sydney.

During the lunch break on day two of the Sydney Test, Rohit told Star Sports, "This decision is not a retirement decision. Nor am I going to take myself out of the game." He expla

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Seen sitting outside the dressing room during the national anthem, the Indian skipper’s exclusion has been interpreted as a significant turning point in his career.

Rohit Sharma rested himself from the fifth Test between Australia and India in Sydney on Friday. Here’s how experts and fans have reacted to Rohit’s absence from the playing XI.

Rohit Sharma opted to rest in the fifth and final Test against Australia as Jasprit Bumrah took over the captaincy in Sydney. Now that Rohit has voluntarily sat out of the team, former India head coach Ravi Shastri feels he might pull the plug on his Test career.

The captain of the Indian cricket team is sitting out of a crucial Test match for the first time ever in the middle of an ongoing series as defeats in Australia beckon generational change in the country’s most popular and richest sport.

Indian test skipper Rohit Sharma said sitting out the final match of the series against Australia due to poor form does not mean he will retire, adding that critics will not decide when he should walk away from the sport.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in the fifth and final Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday, January 3. The visitors made a couple of changes to their playing XI with the biggest one of captain Rohit Sharma,