The Indian Team makes a shocking decision as skipper Rohit Sharma is dropped from the playing XI of IND vs AUS fifth Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy in Sydney Cricket Ground. India’s star pacer Jasprit Bumrah comes in for the toss, he’ll be leading the Team for the final Test. He led the team in the first Test of the series in Perth as well where the team won the match.
We played good cricket
After winning the Toss Bumrah opted to bat first. “We’ve played some really good cricket in this series. The last match was pretty exciting. hopefully we can put up a good show. It seems to be some grass. It doesn’t look to have too many demons or look too spicy. Obviously there will be a challenge with the new ball but if you get through it’s always a god batting track. ” He said.
Bumrah on Rohit
Jasprit Bumrah also opened up on Rohit Sharma dropping himself for the final Test. “Our captain has shown leadership by opting to rest in this game. That shows there’s a lot of unity in this team. There’s no selfishness. Whatever is in the teams best interest we are looking to do that.” He stated.
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Rohit’s constant failures
Even though the Indian captain has been consistently failing, he continued to be part of the playing XI, taking a spot that could have gone to other deserving players. In the current Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Sharma has scored only 31 runs in five innings, and this poor form has been ongoing since the New Zealand series at home. His try at batting in the middle order didn’t work, and going back to the opener’s spot didn’t improve things either. Eventually, India had no choice but to drop Rohit.
India playing XI for IND vs AUS 5th Test
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
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