Rohit Sharma: 5th Test vs Australia:Ultimately, what was expected happened. Rohit Sharma is not playing in Sydney Test. On Friday morning, Jasprit Bumrah came out for the toss and took command of the team. So was captain Rohit Sharma ‘dropped’ from the playing eleven or did he sit out himself..? The Indian team management even made Jasprit Bumrah say at the time of the toss, ‘Our captain has given himself rest from this Test by showing leadership.’
From these words of Bumrah, it seems that everything is going well in Team India. Now the question arises that if Rohit was not dropped then he would sit out on his own will..? So what was going on in the dressing room recently? That is why head coach Gautam Gambhir had said in the press conference a day before the Sydney Test that the ‘debate’ in the dressing room should not be made public. That is, after falling 1-2 in the series due to the defeat in Melbourne, the atmosphere inside had become very heated. If reports are to be believed, nothing was going well between the coach and the captain.
The surprise increased further when captain Rohit Sharma was not seen in the press conference (PC) on the eve of the Sydney Test and coach Gambhir handled the reporters’ questions with a stern tone. He was asked why the captain was not present in the press conference before the match. Didn’t come, whereas usually only the captain comes and will he be in the playing eleven? Now the words of the answer to this question can be considered, which reveals Gambhir’s attitude.
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Gambhir had said, ‘Rohit is fine. I don’t think there is anything like tradition (meaning only the captain comes to PC). The head coach is here and that should be enough. Gambhir clearly said that the team is going through a period of change and performance is the only criterion to remain in the team. And this is where Rohit got screwed, and such pressure came upon him that it was difficult to escape from it.
After this, the report came that on Thursday afternoon in Sydney, India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir took Bumrah along with him towards the middle pitch of Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). After a few minutes, Rohit Sharma also joined both of them, but there was hardly any conversation between the coach and the captain.
After this Gambhir reached the press conference (usually the captain attends it). Then he decided not to confirm Rohit’s place in the playing eleven for the 5th and final Test.
That is, there were already enough indications of this, but the developments on Thursday made this thing completely clear. Rohit Sharma, who was struggling with poor form, was not included in the plans of coach Gautam Gambhir. Because his batting average in the last 9 test matches has been 10.93. In the Border-Gavaskar series, he batted at an average of just 6.2.
It was also revealed that in the meeting held after training on Thursday, it was decided that Rohit Sharma would be rested, which in the language of Indian cricket means ‘to be dropped after giving information’. That day, after about 45 minutes to an hour, most of the players came out of the main gate, heading towards the team bus. Rohit did not come with the team and came out from another gate and boarded the bus… Because he was ‘dropped’ from the team.
