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Knocks that encapsulated Rohit Sharma’s Test career | Cricket News

Knocks that encapsulated Rohit Sharma’s Test career | Cricket News

In the list of India’s highest run-getters in Tests, Rohit Sharma occupies the 16th spot – with 4,301 runs in 110 outings, an average of 40.57 and 12 hundreds. The numbers aptly capture his place among the country’s best willow-wielders. Rohit was a good batsman with great moments in Tests. But in view of his undisputed gifts, the statistics are bound to imply that his talents never soared fully in the longest version. Even more fascinating is the company of the 4,000-ers from his country — that bracket where a batsman is not good enough to be counted among the greats yet superior to most of those to have worn Test stripes. At the upper end is MS Dhoni (4,867), whose batting in the five-day format was acquired and laborious; then comes Mohinder Amarnath, the self-admittedly less-gifted batsman than his brothers but one who overcame technical glitches with toughness of mind. Rohit does share some of his traits, his game was predetermined to fail in England, and he did on his maiden tour to those …

How Australia ate up the career of another Indian batting veteran

How Australia ate up the career of another Indian batting veteran

Somehow, Australia has had this effect on Indian batting careers. Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman lost their aura in the 2012 series down under, and both retired not long after. Sachin Tendulkar too didn’t have a good series, losing his aura a touch, and from then on it was a matter of time when he would call it a day. Now, it’s the turn of Rohit Sharma who couldn’t survive the nightmarish tour of Australia earlier this year, and has now retired from Tests after the selectors chose to move past him for Test captaincy. But unlike those three, Rohit’s Test career never reached the heights it was expected to when a fresh-faced youngster lit up domestic cricket with his exquisite batting style that had even the hard-to-please, old-school cricketers purring in delight. But things didn’t go his way. Neither the end – he averaged little over 6 in Australia and 15 in the home series against New Zealand – nor the start, where he struggled to cement his spot, was kind on him. For …

A look at cricketer’s numbers for India in Tests

A look at cricketer’s numbers for India in Tests

Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday, bringing the curtains down on a rollercoaster career in the red-ball format. In 2021, Rohit became the 35th test captain of India as he took over following Virat Kohli’s resignation. His first assignment was a two-match series against Sri Lanka. He led India to the World Test Championship final in the 2021/23 cycle, but the team lost to Australia in the title clash. Here’s a statistical breakdown of Rohit Sharma’s Test career: Rohit Sharma’s Test career spanned over 12 years after he made his debut in 2013 against West Indies scoring 177, second second-highest score by an Indian debutant. Despite playing for 12 years, Rohit played only 67 test matches having a topsy-turvy career. Starting off as a middle order batter, Rohit had an inconsistent run in the first half of his career, i.e. 2013-2019. His red-ball career changed in 2019 when he was promoted as an opener against South Africa, eventually becoming the captain in 2021. Story continues below this ad 67: Rohit Sharma …

A coincidence between MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma’s retirement announcements

A coincidence between MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma’s retirement announcements

On one fine August evening, five years back, MS Dhoni announced his international retirement that caught the cricketing world by surprise. “Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired,” is what his social media message read, accompanied by a video of moments from his career. It, as the slang goes, broke the internet. On Wednesday evening, at almost the exact time (give or take a few seconds), Rohit Sharma posted a story on his Instagram account. As of approximately 1929 hrs, he is no longer a Test cricketer for India as he called time on his red-ball career. It was a coincidence that two of India’s greatest captains timed their announcements to almost exactly the same time. //www.instagram.com/embed.js “Hello everyone I would just like to share that I am retiring from Test cricket. It’s been an absolute honour to represent my country in whites. Thank you for all the love and support over the years,” Rohit said with a photo of the Team India Test cap. (LEFT) …

Rohit Sharma Retirement News: Rohit Sharma announces retirement from Test cricket; will continue to play for India in ODIs

Rohit Sharma Retirement News: Rohit Sharma announces retirement from Test cricket; will continue to play for India in ODIs

Rohit Sharma announces retirement: Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from Test cricket on a day it was revealed by The Indian Express that he would not be captaining the Indian cricket team for the England series. “Hello everyone I would just like to share that I am retiring from Test cricket. It’s been an absolute honour to represent my country in whites. Thank you for all the love and support over the years,” Rohit said with a photo of the Team India Test cap on his Instagram Story. (LEFT) Rohit Sharma announced his retirement through his Instagram Stories; (RIGHT) Rohit seen during India’s tour of Australia. (PHOTOs: Rohit Sharma Instagram; AP)     Story continues below this ad READ MORE | EXPRESS EXCLUSIVE: Selectors to remove Rohit Sharma from Test captaincy The announcement comes after a wretched tour of Australia earlier this year resulted in a second defeat at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday. In the last 11 Test innings, Rohit Sharma has an average of 6.63, having managed to score only 73 …

Rohit Sharma says he’s ‘not going to retire from this format’ after India win Champions Trophy

Rohit Sharma says he’s ‘not going to retire from this format’ after India win Champions Trophy

India captain Rohit Sharma cleared the air on his rumoured retirement plans by telling journalists at the post-match press conference that he has no plans to retire. “One more thing: I’m not going to retire from this format. Just to make sure that no rumours are spread moving forward,” Rohit Sharma said at the end of the press conference on Sunday after he had guided India to its third Champions Trophy title. Thanks to a 76 from him at the top of the innings, India chased down New Zealand’s 252-run target with an over to spare and four wickets in hand. In the previous games, Rohit Sharma had been losing his wicket after getting starts for India as he tried to bully the opening bowlers of opposition teams. That approach clicked on Sunday in the final, when India needed it to work the most. https://t.co/T8SDDlnVfL pic.twitter.com/Wliat5NOjr — Devendra Pandey (@pdevendra) March 9, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Story continues below this ad “I did the same thing today (as I did in previous games). I wanted to score …

Rohit Sharma was told by India selectors they were looking beyond him after BGT

Rohit Sharma was told by India selectors they were looking beyond him after BGT

At the toss and later as the Indian playing XI lined up for the national anthem at the SCG, Rohit Sharma was conspicuous by his absence. Later, he was seen sitting in the area outside the dressing room, scratching his chin, one leg over the other, perhaps recalling the last walk at the MCG last week, which looks all set to be his final appearance for India in whites. The Indian Express understands that Rohit Sharma isn’t part of the selectors plan beyond the Australia tour when it comes to red-ball cricket and it has already been communicated to him prior to the Sydney Test. Post the Australia tour, it is also understood that the selectors will also sit with Virat Kohli to discuss the way forward as the team is all set to enter its biggest-ever transition. Ravindra Jadeja, the other senior player in the squad, will continue to remain in the scheme of things with the all-rounder’s presence being valued in the transition. With regards to Rohit Sharma not playing at Sydney, it …

India’s long-term Test future: How will Gautam Gambhir and Co handle Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli’s form and impending captaincy question? | Cricket News

India’s long-term Test future: How will Gautam Gambhir and Co handle Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli’s form and impending captaincy question? | Cricket News

A year of transition and transformations awaits Indian cricket in the longest format. The ongoing series is still alive. India could win in Sydney, retain the BGT, and are not yet out of the World Test Championship final race mathematically. But there are clear signs that the selectors, head coach Gautam Gambhir, and team management are thinking ahead and planning to leap into the future of Indian cricket. In the process, they would have to take tough and important calls. Like the form and future of Captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, two struggling stalwarts; or who will be the captain when Rohit retires; or the immediate future of Rishabh Pant. India’s next big Test series is six months away. They travel for a five-match series to England, a place where aging Indian batsmen with vulnerable “outside-the-off-stump” game have historically struggled. It is learnt that the chairman of selectors, Ajit Agarkar, had a lengthy chat with Rohit after the team landed in Sydney. This was followed by the five selectors going into an online huddle …

After Ashwin and possibly Rohit Sharma, biggest transition in Indian cricket history is officially on

After Ashwin and possibly Rohit Sharma, biggest transition in Indian cricket history is officially on

It is a question that is going to be repeated multiple times in the coming days and months as India begin 2025 with the biggest transition they have ever faced. It is a transition that has been expected for a long time. A transition those in the team management and the selection panel have been meticulously planning in the hope of avoiding tremors. But here they are, a full-blown transition taking place in the most unexpected manner. First came the shock retirement of Ravichandran Ashwin in the middle of the Australia tour. And with just a week left to go, India will take the field at the Sydney Cricket Ground without their regular captain Rohit Sharma, after head coach Gautam Gambhir refused to confirm his place in the XI at the pre-match press conference. Transitions are not new. The upcoming one won’t be the last. But this one is perhaps the biggest and the most challenging one for India. “I’ve always felt that when a transition has happened in the past, there was one department …