There has been a big change in Team India in the fifth and decisive Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Captain Rohit Sharma has distanced himself from this match. But former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar is not happy with this decision at all. He has not called Rohit Sharma the greatest player of all time after Rohit removed himself from the playing eleven. He said that if Virat Kohli was here, it could have been understood. Manjrekar has also raised questions on Rohit’s Test statistics and his average.
Manjrekar Said, “Rohit is not a great player…”
While commentating on Star Sports, he said, ‘Rohit has got a good rest. My issue is with Indian cricket culture, secret operation. Rohit is not the greatest player of all time to keep his exclusion from the final playing XI a mystery. If it was Virat Kohli, then it could be understood, but Rohit has played around 60 Test matches. And in these, he has only one century abroad, so his average is only 40. I don’t think his exclusion from the XI should be so mysterious.’
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been flops in 2024
The year 2024 has been very bad for both the giants Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. At the same time, both of them did not do anything special in the Border Gavaskar Trophy as well. Rohit has scored only 31 runs in three matches in this series. On the other hand, Virat Kohli had scored only 167 runs in the series after the Melbourne Test. Only one century came off his bat.
Jasprit Bumrah is captaining
As Rohit Sharma did not play in the Sydney Test, the team is being led by Vice Captain Jaspreet Bumrah. Bumrah had also captained the Perth Test in Rohit’s absence. He has also been given a big responsibility in the Sydney Test. Shubman Gill has returned to the Indian team in place of Rohit. Prasidh Krishna has got a chance in place of fast bowler Akash Deep.