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Rohit Sharma also failed to take part in the first Test at the Perth Stadium and as a result, Jasprit Bumrah did the captaincy duties. Rohit returned to play in the Day-Night Test at the Adelaide Oval, where he struggled with the bat. In a total of three Test matches, Rohit could only score 31 runs at an average of 6.20.
Steve Smith has been appointed as the captain of Australia since regular skipper Pat Cummins is unavailable for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
The 37-year-old said the bowlers applied the break to a nicety over England in the middle overs after the visitors got off the block quickly.
Rohit then had a fruitful 70-run stand with Shreyas Iyer (44) before he was dismissed off a full toss with Rashid taking a fine backward running catch.
Barring a minor hiccup towards the end of a modest 249-run chase when they slipped from 221/3 to 235/6, India produced a near-perfect show to take a 1-0 lead with a four-wicket win.
The Indian team selectors have appointed Shubman Gill as the vice-caption for the three-match ODI series against England starting in Nagpur on Thursday. The reports further stated that star all-rounder Hardik Pandya could be in contention to get back the captaincy of the team.
As per reports, Rohit Sharma could not take those criticisms well and went on to file a complaint against Gavaskar to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The Indian skipper dissected why he did not take part in the fifth Test against Australia. He said that he spoke to head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar about his thought process.
Rohit Sharma’s highest score in Test format transpired against South Africa in Ranchi back in October 2019 as the right-hand batter hammered 212 runs.
Rohit Sharma has been batting lower down the order as KL Rahul took the opening onus alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Rohit dated Ritika for six years and finally proposed to her at the Borivali Sports Club in Mumbai as this was the place where the Indian skipper started his cricket career at the age of 11.
But the age-old theory of practice makes a man perfect also works when facing the specific ball used for night Tests.
The island nation Sri Lanka has 55.56 PCT% and they are standing third on the table. The Blackcaps after defeating India have moved to 4th position with 54.54 PCT%.
India faced a defeat of this magnitude in their own den for the first time ever after suffering a 25-run defeat in the third Test against New Zealand.
This was India’s first home series defeat in 12 years after conceding a four-match rubber against England 1-2 in 2012-13. In the interim, India won 18 series at home on the trot.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag has 23.9 m followers on Twitter/X.
The Indian team also sustained an eight-wicket defeat in the first Test match against New Zealand.
Kohli has been going through a torrid run while batting at number three as he could only score 97 runs from six matches at an average of 16.16.
Pant was spotted leaving the field after getting struck on the knee while keeping the wickets during day two of India's first Test against New Zealand on October 17.
Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal created history and became the second-fastest batter from India to make 1,000 Test runs.
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