Former Australian opener Simon Katich believes that the Test career for Indian captain Rohit Sharma has come to an end. He responded with Rohit Sharma’s interview with broadcasters Star Sports on Day 2 of the SCG Test, where Rohit broke the rumours of retirement by saying he is “going nowhere”. Katich believes that the veteran batter has a future in stand-up comedy instead of cricket.
“Well, if you look at the numbers, they are damning. We saw it in this Test. It was very selfless of him to opt out of the Test. I saw in that interview, very well-spoken. There’s no doubt he has a future after he is done playing cricket in stand-up comedy because his humor was very good,” Katich told the broadcasters.
As India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a decade, the team is out of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 final race. The next Test assignment for India is in England, where they will play a five-match Test series. Rohit might wish to go out and play, but might not do well against England pacers.
“Only he knows whether he has the hunger and drive at 37 to go again. England is not going to be an easy series. England are on their way up. They have some good young quicks coming through. Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse are doing well. I dare say that will be a tough tour if he chooses to go on it and the Indian selectors pick him, first and foremost. Those numbers are not for pretty reading. Test cricket isn’t a place for 37-year-olds at the top of the order. History suggests that, and only Rohit Sharma knows whether he has got the hunger to go on,” Katich added.
Opt Out? Rested? Dropped?
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Rohit Sharma had scored 31 runs from five innings on the tour of Australia before he decided to ‘opt out’ for the fifth and final Test in Sydney. The 37-year-old has played seven Tests in England, and has scored 524 runs at an average of 40.30. He also has one century and two half-centuries to his name.
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