- After the end of the Melbourne Test, a star Indian player may announce his retirement. This player has become a headache for Gautam Gambhir as well.
Gautam Gambhir: The fourth match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is currently being played between India and Australia in the Melbourne Test match. In this match, the Indian bowlers were disappointed first and the Indian batsmen completed the remaining task. In the Boxing Day Test match being played in Melbourne, Australia batted first and scored a huge score of 474 runs. In response, Team India has lost its five wickets for 164 runs. In this entire series, one player has become a headache for the head coach of Team India (Gautam Gambhir) and it will not be surprising if this player announces his retirement as soon as the Melbourne Test ends.
This player may announce his retirement after Melbourne
Captain Rohit Sharma, who batted at number 6 in the Adelaide and Gaba Tests, came out to open the innings in the Boxing Day Test. Fans were expecting that Rohit would play a captaincy innings on the Melbourne pitch which is considered favorable for batting, but he once again broke the hopes of his fans. He was out after scoring 3 runs off 5 balls. Once again captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion without any big score. Rohit’s poor form has continued since the Bangladesh series. After this, he failed to find form against New Zealand as well.
It was believed that Rohit would score big on the Australia tour and return to form. But here the situation seems worse than before. Now people believe that if Rohit’s form remains like this, he will announce his retirement as soon as the Melbourne Test ends. Now Rohit’s poor form and captaincy have become a headache for Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir. Because of Rohit, questions have also started being raised about his coaching. The pressure of retirement is also increasing on Rohit. Neither are runs coming from his bat nor is there any sharpness in his captaincy. In such a situation, there is also pressure on him to leave the captaincy.
Rohit Sharma is struggling with bad form
Rohit Sharma did not play the Perth Test due to becoming the father of his second child. He joined the team in the second Test. After this, he made a comeback in the Adelaide Test. Rohit came out to bat at number 6 in Adelaide, but he could not show any magic in both the innings. After this, he also failed in the only innings he played in the Gaba Test.
Now, he has been able to score only 3 runs in Melbourne as well. The effect of Rohit’s poor form is visible on the entire Indian team. He has played five innings in this series so far in which he has been able to score only 25 runs. Gautam Gambhir will also not be very happy to see his continuous flop innings. In such a situation, if he retires, then the coach will not stop him from taking this decision.
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Bumrah will get the captaincy
India has won the only Perth Test match in this series so far. However, fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah was the captain in that match. Under his captaincy, Team India defeated Australia by 295 runs. Bumrah had to leave the captaincy after the regular captain’s defeat in the second Test. But after this, India lost the Adelaide Test by 10 wickets. In the Gaba Test, India was barely able to avoid the follow-on, due to which the match was drawn on the last day.
If Rohit Sharma leaves the captaincy after the Melbourne Test, then Jaspreet Bumrah can be declared the regular Test captain of the team. Gautam Gambhir’s headache will also be reduced to a great extent after Rohit leaves the captaincy.
