Rohit was dropped from the last Test

Ever since the Melbourne Test loss, the buzz has been going on. The pressure was mounting on Rohit Sharma. Today Thursday (January 02, 2025) in the pre-match press conference, coach Gautam Gambhir also indicated the same. He was asked whether Rohit will play the last Test? Gambhir did not confirm anything. It was then understood that the regular captain will not be able to play in the last Test. So it happened. In the night, it was learned that Rohit is not in the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. He has been rested. Jasprit Bumrah will lead India instead.

Rohit has been dropped mainly due to bad form. Even after changing the batting position, he was not getting results. Moreover, under his leadership India lost two out of three matches against Australia after losing against New Zealand at home. drew in one.

Rohit averaged 24.76 in 26 innings in 2024. Cable scored two centuries and two half-centuries. His performance in the last five Tests has been even worse. He averaged just 11.20 in 10 innings. In the last two matches he scored 2, 52 and 0, 8 runs.

With Rohit out, Yasswi Jaiswal and Lokesh Rahul will open the innings as usual in the last Test. Then Gill, Kohli and Rishabh Pant will come down. All-rounders Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar will play next.

Along with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj in bowling, Harshit Rana or Prasad Krishna can get a place in the team.