It’s official now. Rohit Sharma just isn’t enjoying the fifth India vs Australia Test in Sydney. Jasprit Bumrah, who had led India to victory within the first Test of the five-match collection in Perth, walked out for the toss together with Australia captain Pat Cummins in Sydney on Friday morning. Surprisingly, Bumrah was not requested in particulars about Rohit Sharma’s absence by commentator and former India coach Ravi Shastri. Later, visuals confirmed Rohit having a lightweight chat with India coach Gautam Gambhir.
Bumrah revealed that Rohit had opted out of the match.
“Our captain has shown leadership by opting to rest in this game. That shows there’s a lot of unity in this team. There’s no selfishness. Whatever is in the team’s best interest we are looking to do that. Two changes, Rohit has opted to rest and Akash Deep is injured so Prasidh comes in,” Jasprit Bumrah mentioned on the toss.
“We’ve played some really good cricket in this series. The last match was pretty exciting. hopefully we can put up a good show. It seems to be some grass. It doesn’t look to have too many demons or look too spicy Obviously there will be a challenge with the new ball but if you get through it’s always a god batting track.”
Rohit made the decision after scoring 31 runs in 5 innings throughout three Tests. The 37-year-old white ball nice seemed like a pale shadow of himself in these innings, struggling to execute even his bread and butter photographs together with the trademark entrance pull.
Looking at India’s observe session on the eve of the sport, it turned clear that Rohit was going to sit down out.
The hypothesis over his future within the longest format additionally gained momentum after India misplaced the fourth Test in Melbourne to path the five-match collection 1-2.
The yr 2024 turned out to be the least productive yr for Rohit in Test cricket as he collected 619 runs in 26 innings throughout 14 matches averaging 24.76.
Having performed his 67th five-day sport in Melbourne, Rohit can also be being anticipated to name time on his roller-coaster Test profession quickly.
Shubman Gill got here again to the enjoying XI whereas pacer Prasidh Krishna made his first look within the collection for India.
The two have changed Rohit, who has been woefully off form, and Akash Deep, who’s injured.
Australia have handed a debut to all-rounder Beau Webster, who changed an off-colour Mitchell Marsh. Webster acquired his Baggy Green from former participant Mark Waugh.
India must win the Test to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy whereas Australia want only a draw to take the collection.
The hosts lead the collection 2-1.
Teams: India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia: Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
With PTI inputs
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