brisbaneThere is an old saying that in any war, if the commander is tired, is failing in making strategy, and is in danger of defeat on every front, then the king has to change the commander. Even before in the Mahabharata of cricket, the commander has been changed in the middle of the war and who knows, the story of 2014 may be repeated once again in Australia. Rohit, who has lost 5 consecutive Tests as captain, is stuck in a strange dilemma and if sources are to be believed, he too can follow Dhoni’s footsteps and announce his decision to step down from Test captaincy in the middle of the series.
Dhoni had also taken a similar decision during the 2014 Australia tour, when Mahi left the captaincy in the middle of the tour and Virat took over the reins of the team. It seems that after 10 years, time has again come to the same place where the story can be written like it was in 2014. That means, if sources are to be believed, Rohit Sharma may resign as captain in the test.
There is no life in Rohit’s test captaincy!
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India lost the second test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played against Australia in Adelaide. Earlier, the first Test of the series was played in Perth, in which Team India won under the captaincy of Jasprit Bumrah. After losing the Pink Ball Test in Adelaide, questions have started being raised on Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. With defeat in every test, Rohit Sharma’s captaincy is being described as bad. So is Rohit Sharma really the worst Test captain? Let us know that captain Rohit Sharma is at number one in losing consecutive tests.
Rohit did not like test captaincy
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India lost the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played against Australia in Adelaide and then again in Brisbane, Team India was in bad shape. Earlier, the first Test of the series was played in Perth, in which Team India won under the captaincy of Jasprit Bumrah. After losing the Pink Ball Test in Adelaide, questions have started being raised on Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. With defeat in every test, Rohit Sharma’s captaincy is being described as bad. So is Rohit Sharma really the worst Test captain? Let us know that captain Rohit Sharma is at number one in losing consecutive tests. Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma has jointly become the third Indian captain who has lost more than 4 consecutive tests. The record for facing the most consecutive defeats as a captain for India is held by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who lost 6 consecutive Tests while being the captain in 1967-68. Veteran Sachin Tendulkar is at the second position in the list. Tendulkar had lost five consecutive Tests as captain for India in 1999-2000. After this, Dutta Gaikwad (1959), MS Dhoni (2011 and 2014), Virat Kohli (2020-21) and Rohit Sharma (2024) are jointly at third position as Indian captains with 4-4 consecutive defeats.
Rohit can follow Dhoni’s path
During the 2014 tour of Australia, Mahendra Singh Dhoni surprised everyone by suddenly leaving the Test captaincy, even then the team was not able to do anything special and the captain was not scoring runs. After 10 years, the situation is the same, the team is struggling with Rohit as captain and the captain himself is struggling to score runs since last one year. And in such a situation, Sharma ji can think very seriously about leaving the captaincy. If sources are to be believed, Rohit is already talking to Chief Selector and coach Gautam Gambhir. It is clear that a lot of pressure is increasing on Rohit and in such a situation Rohit can surprise you.
Tags: Border Gavaskar Trophy, Brisbane Test, Captain Dhoni, Gaba Test, India vs Australia, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED : December 17, 2024, 12:20 IST