Rohit Sharma’s Retirement Talks After MCG Test Cause Tension with Gautam Gambhir

Rohit Sharma’s Retirement: The fourth Test of the five-match Border-Gavsker Trophy was Rohit Sharma’s final Test of his career. However, according to its latest developments, some well-wishers urged him not to retire. This comes days after the top-order batsman mysteriously “picked” the final in Sydney.

Rohit Sharma’s Retirement Plans and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

According to a source close to the developments, another retirement (after Ravichandran Ashwin) could materialize in the series against Australia.

“Rohit had made up his mind after the MCG. Had outside well-wishers forced him to change his mind, we would have seen another retirement in Australia,” noted The Times of India.

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Tensions Between Rohit Sharma and Head Coach Gautam Gambhir

According to the same report, tensions between the head coach, Gautam Garsheer and Rohit remain. His aforementioned decision is reported not to have sat well with Garsheer. Notably, Rohit had a change of heart on the eve of the New Year’s Test in Sydney.

Rohit had fewer runs with the bat and scored just 31 runs in five innings. He intensified his scrutiny by changing the batting order as well as some decisions in defensive tactics. Rohit did not even feature in the 1-man squad for the final Test match and ace Indian pacer, Jasprit Bumrah was handed the captaincy.

Rohit Sharma’s Focus Shifts to White-Ball Cricket

Rohit, however, has made up his mind not to leave the long format of the game anytime soon. In a guarded interview with broadcaster, Star Sports, over lunch on the day after the SCT Tes.

Rohit pointed out that he was sensible enough to make his own decisions that he felt it was not right for him to be a part of the XI. When his batting was getting negligible runs.

Their white-ball series against England, followed by the Champions Trophy. Rohit, who retired from T20Is last year, will be keen to gain some confidence for the marquee tournament in the three ODIs against England.