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Rohit Sharma’s form has declined steeply since the series against New Zealand in 2024. In the Border Gavaskar Trophy, things went from bad to worse for the Indian skipper. He missed the first Test due to the birth of his second child. However, after averaging 6.20 in the three Tests he played, Rohit decided to drop himself from the final Test in Sydney.
Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh heaped praises on Rohit for dropping himself. “The guy has stepped down from the last match and given somebody else a chance. How many captains have done that in the past? Please tell me,” Yuvraj said at a press event.
“So basically, runs are not coming from my bat, I am not in form, it is an important match, we need players in form, the boys in our batting are not in form, so you cannot carry too many out-of-form players in the team,” Rohit said at the time in an interview with Star Sports.
In addition to Rohit’s form, there has also been scrutiny over his captaincy. He became the first captain under whose watch India lost a series 3-0 and lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years.
“I always look at the team graph over five years or three years. Gautam has just come into the system, he needs more time. Rohit Sharma has won the T20 World Cup as captain, he was captain when India played the ODI World Cup final. He led MI (Mumbai Indians) to five IPL titles,” Yuvraj backed Rohit. However, he did acknowledge the loss against 3-0 loss against New Zealand was “a tougher pill to swallow,”
2024 has been a year of two halves for the Indian skipper. Rohit did manage to win the 2024 T20 World Cup in West Indies ending the 11-year drought of ICC trophies and he did deliver match-winning performances against Australia and England with the bat. However, as the year went things turned sour.
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