In the Indian cricket team, the Rohit Shama situation gets on getting confusing with every passing hour. The Indian captain came under the scanner following he dropped Shubman Gill for the fourth Test match of the series and demoted KL Rahul to bat at number three. Rohit opened the batting in the Melbourne Test and the decision backfired. The Indian captain’s dismal show with the bat continued and his future looks uncertain as of now.
India won only one Test match in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy series and that too under the leadership of Jasprit Bumrah. Rohit Sharma had missed the series opener due to the birth of his second child.
Rohit is yet to win a Test match in Australia as a captain and it now seems that his time has run out. Adding fuel to the fire was Head Coach Gautam Gambhir’s press conference on the eve of the New Year Test where he refused to comment on Sharma’s inclusion in the playing eleven for the New Year’s Test.
Shubman Gill, who was dropped for the fourth Test, is set to return to the XI and take his No. 3 spot. Meanwhile, India will be without fast bowler Akash Deep for the fifth and final Test. The Bengal pacer was ruled out with a back injury. Either Prasidh Krishna or Harshit Rana will replace Akash.
Notably, Harshit played the first two Tests in Perth and Adelaide before he was dropped for Akash. Prasidh last played a Test in South Africa in January last year. India will look to put behind the stormy lead up and win the series finale in Sydney. If the series ends in a 2-2 draw, India will walk away with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as they are the current holders of the coveted silverware.
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