Rohit vs Manjrekar: 'His days in Tests were over', Sanjay Manjrekar's shocking statement on Rohit's retirement..

Indian team's experienced batsman Rohit Sharma recently announced his retirement from Test cricket. He also left the Test captaincy before the series against England next month. However, he will continue to play in ODIs. Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has given a shocking statement on Hitman's retirement. He said that Rohit's days of opening in Tests were over.

Manjrekar tweeted

Famous commentator Manjrekar wrote on Twitter on Friday, 'Rohit scored 164 runs in the last 15 innings. 10 of these were against Bangladesh and New Zealand at home. The average was 10.9. With his current fitness level... Rohit Sharma's days as a Test opener were over. So...'

Rohit's bat remained silent.

Rohit started his career as a middle-order batsman. However, after some time, he got a chance to open. As an opener, the 38-year-old batsman scored 2697 runs in 68 innings with the help of nine centuries and eight half-centuries. Last year, his bat remained silent in the last two matches against Bangladesh and scored only 42 runs at an average of 10.5. At the same time, in the three-test series against New Zealand, Rohit scored only 91 runs in six innings at an average of 15.16. Not only this, but his poor performance continued in the Border Gavaskar Trophy as well. Only 31 runs came off his bat in five innings. After this disappointing performance, his selection for the England tour seemed difficult.

Lost series against New Zealand and Australia under Rohit's captaincy

Criticism of Rohit started when India lost the important Test series at home against New Zealand. To reach the final of the 2023-25 World Test Championship cycle, India needed to win the home Test series against the Kiwis, but the Indian team lost that series 3-0.

After this, India lost the five-match Test series 3-1 on the Australia tour. In this series, Rohit was benched for the last Test. Even then, there were speculations about his retirement, but then he denied these speculations by talking to Star Sports. He then said that no one has seen what will happen next, and he has the strength to return to form. The series ended and then India won the Champions Trophy. Then the IPL started, and in the middle Rohit decided on retirement.

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