‘Selection committee will want…’: Sunil Gavaskar’s confident prediction on Rohit Sharma’s future in Test cricket after Sydney Test

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar is concerned for Rohit Sharma’s future in Test cricket as the Indian skipper made a decision to opt out from the fifth Test match of the border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Gavaskar believes that Rohit might not be fit for the long term Test plans taking the World Test Championship (WTC) cycle in consideration.

Gavaskar believes that Rohit, who is 37 at the moment, is going to be 41 by the time it is the next WTC cycle. The BCCI selectors will most likely look to include young players. In a conversation, the cricketing legend has stated that Rohit being absent from Sydney Test might be an early indicator of this change taking place.

“My feeling is that, because the new World Test Championship cycle starts from July, with a series in England, there are no test matches now between the end of this Test match (SCG Test) and that Test match. If India does not qualify for the WTC Final, then I think that the selection committee will want to look, not just at Rohit Sharma, but at some others. They might be saying, ‘look, are they going to be available for the 2027 World Test Championship Final?’ In case India does well in the next two years. So that should be the selection committees’ thinking. And so I think maybe Rohit Sharma, being almost 38 year-old, will not be fitting into their plans because he would be 40-years-old then,” Gavaskar said.

Coming to the match, India’s stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. The visitors managed to score 185 runs before Australian bowlers wrapped up their innings. Rishabh Pant was the highest run-scorer for India as he scored 40 runs.

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