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Rohit Sharma, who has won 2 ICC Trophy as India, retired from Test cricket on Wednesday. He gave information about retirement on his social media account at 7.30 pm. In Rohit ODI and T20, as player and captain were excellent, but could not repeat that success in the red ball.
In the 11 -year Test career, Rohit played 67 Tests and scored 4301 runs with 12 centuries. Under his captaincy, the team won 50% Tests, but the first defeat in history against New Zealand on homeground was faced. Australia also lost a 10 -year series, due to which the team could not reach the final of the World Test Championship.
Rohit’s ups and downs Test career …
Could not debut in 2010 due to injury
Rohit Sharma, who made her ODI and T20 debut for India in 2007, had to wait long for Test debut. In 2010, he finally got a chance in the Nagpur Test against South Africa, but he became ankle injury just before the match. Due to which their wait increased even more.
Rohit Sharma (Black T-shirt) could not make a Test debut in 2010 due to Ankle Injury.
Chance after 3 years, player of the series
In 2013, 6 years after international debut, Rohit finally got a place in the Test Squad again. This time the opportunity met in the last series of the career of cricket God Sachin Tendulkar. Rohit made his debut against West Indies on 6 November 2013. He got a chance to bat at number-6 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Rohit took India out of a difficult situation in his first Test and scored a century. He also partnered 280 runs for the 7th wicket with Ravichandran Ashwin. India scored 453 runs with Rohit and Ashwin’s century and won the match by a margin of innings. Rohit was the player of the match.
Rohit then scored a century while batting at number-6 in the second Test of the series. This time he was not out after scoring 111 runs and brought the team to 495. India again won by a margin of innings and gave Sachin a Farewell with a 2–0 series win. Rohit was adjudged the Player of the Series.
Rohit Sharma became the Player of the Series in Sachin Tendulkar’s last international series.
Stay caught in middle order for 5 years
For 5 years of Test debut, Rohit got a chance to play in the middle order. He batted 25 matches at 5th and sixth. At the same time, he played 5 matches at number 3 and 4. In this, he scored 3 centuries at an average of around 40 and scored 1585 runs. He continued to be in and out of the playing-11 many times and could not be permanent in the team. After Rohit’s debut, India played 60 Tests by 2018, but he got a chance in 27 only.
Murali won new chance due to victory
By 2018, Rohit had proved himself at the opening position in ODI and T20 format, batting in the middle order. In 50 overs, he also scored 3 double centuries, but the Test did not see success. In 2019, regular opener Murali Vijay was ruled out of the team due to poor form. In October 2019, Rohit opened the Test for the first time in the domestic series against South Africa.
Rohit was already liked to start the innings, he first scored a century in both innings of Tests and won the team. Rohit also scored the first double century of his Test career in the third Test. He received the Player of the Series Award for scoring 529 runs in 3 Tests.
Permanent part of playing-11 in 2021
After a strong performance in the South Africa series, Rohit started getting more opportunities, but he could score the same century in the next 12 Tests. All his century came to India, then in 2021 the team went on England tour. Here Rohit also proved himself abroad in the fourth Test of the series.
Rohit played a very understanding innings with KL Rahul and scored 127 runs off 256 balls. His innings brought India to 466 runs in the second innings, with the help of which the team won the match and took a 2–1 lead in the series. After proving himself in England, Rohit became the permanent member of the Test team.
Got responsibility for captaincy in 2022
It was not even a year since Rohit became the permanent member of the team that India’s most successful Test captain Virat Kohli gave up the captaincy. Rohit had become a permanent captain in ODI and T20, after Kohli’s decision, he was also given the command of the Test team. Under his captaincy, the team also defeated Sri Lanka 2–0.
Got the biggest success against England
While captaining, Rohit scored 4 centuries in 24 Tests, but 3 of them came to India. The only century abroad could also be scored in the West Indies. Under his captaincy, India defeated Australia 2–1 at home ground in 2023 and confirmed the final of the World Test Championship. However, the team lost in the title match against Australia.
India again won the series 1–0 in the West Indies and played a 1–1 draw in South Africa. Both series were 2-2 Tests. The biggest success under Rohit’s captaincy was in the domestic series against England. When India lost the first match of the 5-Test series, but returned to the 4–1 series.
Rohit’s biggest success in Test captaincy was to defeat England 4–1 Test series.
Clean sweep, poor form starts at home
Team India was ahead in the race to reach the final of the World Test Championship 2025. India had to win 4 out of 5 Tests against Bangladesh and New Zealand at their own home ground in 2024. The team easily defeated Bangladesh 2 Tests, but Rohit could score only 42 runs in 4 innings.
In the Bangladesh series, Rohit’s poor form started with the bat, but the biggest and embarrassing defeat as the team was against New Zealand. The Kiwi team defeated India not 1, not 2, but defeated all three Tests and made a clean sweep 3–0 in the series. Rohit could only score 91 runs at an average of 15.16.
- In this series, New Zealand won a Test in India after 36 years, the team got the taste of the series win in India for the first time.
- The Kiwi team also broke the process of winning 18 series in India. The team suffered a last defeat to England in 2012.
- India had to face a clean sweep at home after 25 years. South Africa won 2–0 in 2000.
- Team India suffered a white wash in the series of 3 or more Tests in their home for the first time in Test history.
New Zealand became the first team of history to win a 3-Test series 3–0 in India.
Australia also defeated after 10 years
Even after the defeat to New Zealand, India had a chance to reach the WTC final. The team had to win 3 out of 5 Tests in Australia, where India had not lost since 2015. Rohit could not play the first Test for personal reasons, Jasprit Bumrah captained and also won the team.
Rohit returned to the second Test, but the team lost and the series became equal to 1–1. The third Test was drawn due to rain, but India lost in the fourth. Rohit was proving to be a flop from the bat in the third consecutive series. He could only score 31 runs in 5 innings of 3 Tests and lagged behind in the team series under his captaincy.
Sydney Test did not play, team out of WTC
India had to win the fifth Test in Sydney against Australia to save the series. Seeing the poor form, Rohit decided not to play the fifth Test, but the result did not change. Team India lost by 6 wickets and lost the series 3–1. For the first time, Team India could not make it to the final of WTC and Rohit’s Test career came to a standstill here.
Retiring amid speculation to remove captaincy
During the IPL on 7 May 2025, media reports claimed that Team India’s selection committee is going to remove Rohit from the Test captaincy. This news came at around 6.30 pm and Rohit made retirement announcement from the Test on his social media handle at 7.30 pm. Rohit thanked the fans for supporting and said that playing for the country in Test format was a pride of pride for him. They will continue to play ODI format.
Rohit Sharma shared the story with his Instagram handle and retired from the Test.
Indians who hit the second most sixes
In an 11 -year career, Rohit played 67 Tests for India and scored 4301 runs scoring 12 centuries. Rohit hit 88 sixes. If they had put 3 more sixes, they would have become the most six -hit Indian players in the Test. Virender Sehwag has put more 90 Tests from him.
Retired from T20 after winning the World Cup
Rohit Sharma has said goodbye to the T20 format in 2024 itself. On June 29, under his captaincy, Team India defeated South Africa to the World Cup final. The title ended the dry of the 17 -year ICC title of India. As soon as he won the World Cup, Rohit said goodbye to the smallest format with Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja.
Can play next ODI World Cup
India has won the Champions Trophy this year under Rohit’s captaincy. Now the biggest target of this format in front of the team is 2027 ODI World Cup. Under the captaincy of Rohit, India made it to the finals of the 2023 World Cup, but lost to Australia. Now the biggest target in front of them is the World Cup.
Rohit has captained India in 56 ODIs, he also won the team in 75%. This is the best win in India’s captaincy player in more than 50 ODIs. In his leadership, India lost only 1 match in the last 3 ICC tournaments. However, the defeat was received in the World Cup final.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India has won 2 ICC tournaments of White Ball. If they also win the ODI Cup, then they will be the second captain after MS Dhoni, who won 3 different ICC Trophy.
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