Former English captain Michael Atherton feels that the Rohit Sharma test was not surprised because the 38 -year -old form and the captain eventually did not work. Rohit announced his retirement from the tests through the Instagram story, just before selecting for England Tour.
There were reports that indicate that the BCCi tried to move from Rohit and Atherton pointed to it in an interview with Sky Sports. Former Captain England said that eventually was decided as Rohit’s form dropped and India lost under his captain.
“Was That Retirement Complemement HIS OWN DECISION, OR DID He Get He’s About to Be Pushed or The Ax Was Coming Because There Was and Report, The Day Before the Annamement From Rohit, That The Selectors Had Decided to Move On. So So That Speculation, We Don’t Know, But Ultimatels The Decision Didn’t Come As A Surprise Because is a Bad Combination for Any Captain, As You Know, And As I Know Well If You’re Losing Games, And You Ain’t Getting Any Runs, and India Had Lost 5 from the last 6 matches under Rohit’s captain.
Atherton also said that the massive depth in the Indian cricket meant that patience with Rohit would be smaller due to his age.
“He is 38. In the Indian cricket, the massive depth of talent is.
“Rohit had a fun test career”
Atherton feels that Rohit will go down as one of the greatest openers of ODI of all time, but he said that a 38 -year -old man had a fun test career. The former English captain said Rohit had to wait for a long time to get into the team.
Atherton said Rohit had a successful test career, but it wasn’t stellar.
“I think people look at him and his best format is ODI cricket. He’ll go down as one of the biggest ODI openers, isn’t it? It’s a successful record, ”she said on the test cricket.
Rohit recorded 4301 runs in 67 tests on average 40.57.
Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
10 May 2025
