Rohit Sharma Announces Retirement From Test Cricket. (Photo: BCCI)
Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test Cricket on Wednesday. The 38-year-old took to social media and in an emotional note, he wrote:
"Hello everyone,
I want to let you all know that I have decided to retire from Test cricket. Representing India in the longest format has been one of the greatest honours of my life.
Thank you for the immense love and support throughout this journey.
I will continue to don the blue and represent India in ODIs."
Rohit Sharma burst onto the Test arena in style, smashing 177 on debut against West Indies in Kolkata in 2013. He became just the sixth Indian batter to score a 100 in each innings of a Test when he hit 176 and 127 against South Africa in Visakhapatnam in 2019.
Rohit was arguably one of India's most prolific Test batters, scoring 4301 runs in 67 Tests with 12 hundreds and 18 half centuries at an average of 40.57.
As a captain, he experienced the highs and lows of Test cricket. He led India to the World Test Championship final against Australia and then faced bitter defeats against New Zealand at home and the Border-Gavaskar series against Australia.
India will have a new Test captain for the five-match series in England, and the possible candidates are Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant.
Earlier, in the evening reports in the media suggested that the BCCI selection committee had decided to move past Rohit due to concerns over the veteran's performances in red-ball cricket. The selectors reportedly wanted to groom a young captain for the new WTC cycle.
Rohit took charge as India's Test captain in 2022 after Virat Kohli's resignation and led the team in 24 matches in which he won 12 and lost nine with three draws.
Rohit still remains the ODI captain.
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