Is the Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retirement announcement round the corner?India has lost its fourth match in the ongoing 5 test match series against Australia. Pat Cummins’s army has taken a 2-1 lead in the series by defeating Team India by 184 runs. In the fourth match, which started on December 26 in Melbourne, the Indian team, while chasing the target of 369 runs, was reduced to 155 runs in the second innings. In the second innings, veteran players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli disappointed again. In such a situation, questions are being raised whether the era of Rohit and Kohli is over? After the statement of Australia’s famous radio commentator, speculations are being made that big changes can be seen in Team India in the beginning of the new year.
Team India’s veteran player Ravichandran Ashwin, who went on Australia tour to play 5 Test matches Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25), has already announced his retirement. After the draw of the third Test match played in Brisbane between 14 and 18 December, Ashwin surprised the cricket lovers by announcing in Rohit Sharma’s press conference. Now, after the crushing defeat in the fourth Test match played in Melbourne, many more big players of Team India can make big announcements.
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Signs of big change in Team India
Australia’s famous radio commentator Jim Maxwell says about the poor performance of Indian players that this is not the time to say ‘I told you so’, but to be sad. During this, he also commented on the poor performance of Rohit and Kohli. 78-year-old Jim Maxwell, who has been working for ABC Radio for the last 51 years, even said that now the question is not whether Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will retire, but when? Looking at the current performance of both the players, the possibility of their retirement has increased. As time is passing and his form is declining. In such a situation, these players can make a big announcement soon.
How was the performance of Rohit-Kohli in the last 10 test matches?
If we look at the performance of Team India captain Rohit Sharma in the last 10 Test matches, his performance in the recent Test series being played in Australia was nothing special. He scored 9 runs in the second test match of the series, 10 runs in the third match and overall Rohit could add only 12 runs for the team in both the innings of the fourth match. In the test match played against England in Ranchi in February 2024, Rohit scored a total of 57 runs. He scored 103 runs against England in Dharamsala. After that, in September 2024, he scored 11 runs against Bangladesh in Chennai and 31 runs in Kanpur. After this, during October-November 2024, he scored 54 runs against New Zealand in Bengaluru, 8 runs in Pune and 29 runs in Wankhede.
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Talking about Kohli’s performance in the last 10 matches, he too did not perform well in the 5 test match series being played against Australia. Virat has scored 105 runs in the first test match, 18 runs in the second, 3 runs in the third and a total of 41 runs in both the innings of the fourth test match. Earlier, he was able to add more than 80 runs for the team in both the innings of the 6 test matches played against New Zealand, Bangladesh and South Africa. Let us tell you that both the players have already said goodbye to the T20 International cricket format. Even in Test format, Rohit and Virat are not able to make any special contribution for their team. In such a situation, both these players can make a big announcement soon.
