Rohit Sharma has announced retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect. The star batter announced the decision on his Instagram story on Wednesday and made it clear that he will continue to play only the ODI format. Rohit Sharma had retired from the T20I format after the 2024 T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma has thus ended all speculations about his future in the longest format after facing question marks following a poor show in the 2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.
India will have a new Test captain for the five-Test series in England with possible candidates being Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant.
According to sources, Shubman Gill is the front-runner to succeed Rohit Sharma as the Indian cricket team Test captain. “Shubman Gill is being spoken about/considered for captaincy. There will be a few more changes because this kickstarts the WTC cycle. The selectors will not go back. They are likely to look ahead,” Sources told NDTV.