T he last act of Rohit Sharma the Test batter and captain will remain sitting out of the Sydney Test. The writing had been on the wall from the time he conceded he didn't consider

In an interaction with Cricbuzz, Virender Sehwag stated that the selectors were not willing to continue with Rohit Sharma as the Test captain, and were considering to not take him for the series as a player.

Rohit Sharma, the Indian batter, has retired from Test cricket after 67 matches. This creates a vacancy for an opener alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal. Sharma had a successful run as an opener, scoring 2,697 runs.