Amid reports of dressing room unrest, Gambhir tried to douse the fire by saying that they were “only reports, not the truth”. Speaking at the pre-match press meet ahead of India’s fifth and final Test against Australia here on Friday, Gambhir said, “The debate between the coach and the player should be limited to the dressing room. Those were only reports, not the truth.”
Will Rohit Sharma play in Sydney Test?
When a question was asked about Rohit Sharma in the press conference, will Rohit Sharma play the Sydney Test tomorrow? On this, Gautam Gambhir said that we will decide the playing 11 after seeing the pitch tomorrow at the time of toss. Gambhir also said that he did not discuss anything with senior batsman Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma except the strategies to win the Test match. Every person knows which areas to work on. We have only talked to him about one thing and that is how to win test matches.
Why is Rohit Sharma not here for the press conference?
Responding to this, Gautam Gambhir said, “Everything is fine with Rohit Sharma. I don’t think it is a traditional thing. I think the head coach is here, which should be fine and it should be quite good.
Rohit has scored only 31 runs in five innings at an average of 6.20 and during this he scored 3, 6, 10, 3 and 9 runs which is the lowest average of any foreign captain on Australian soil (IND vs AUS). His performance in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been disappointing, scoring only 31 runs in five innings at an average of 6.20. This is the worst performance for a visiting captain in a Test series in Australia. The Boxing Day Test further increased Rohit’s troubles, as while chasing 340 runs on the last day, he was out cheaply after scoring 9 runs in 40 balls. The Indian captain has scored only 164 runs in Test cricket since September, his average is a little over 10.
Gavaskar has also predicted Rohit’s retirement.
While talking to Sports, Sunil Gavaskar made a big prediction on Rohit Sharma’s retirement, he said that the way Rohit Sharma is in form and the way he is losing his wickets, I think Rohit will retire from Sydney Test after Test. We can say goodbye to cricket and now the team management should also prepare the team for WTC 2027.