‘I didn’t want to put myself there’

India’s legendary batter Rohit Sharma opened up on sitting out of the Sydney Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The India skipper revealed all the reasons behind the changes made in the series towards his batting position, from opening to being in the middle-order.

Rohit Sharma might not be having the best of times with the bat in the ongoing Indian Premier League as well, but one of the worst series he has had this season was the BGT. Rohit has openly talked about the tough Australia series with Michael Clarke, mentioning that it was his struggles with the bat that led to the decisions being made.

“When I got to Australia, things were slightly different. When I saw KL Rahul and Jaiswal bat in the first Test with a newborn in my hand, I loved it. So, I said Why do we need to change that. This is the series we want to win desperately to qualify for the World Test Championship. But in Adelaide, I didn’t have a great game. Then I went back to my room and I thought, ‘Should I open man? What’s going on?’. Then I decided not to change after one game,” the T20 World Champion skipper said on the ‘Beyond23 Cricket Podcast’.

“Then, when we got to Melbourne, we changed our mind, and I went back to open the innings. And the last Test match in Sydney, I had to be honest to myself that I was hitting he ball. I didn’t want to put myself there only because we had a lot of the other batters struggling as well. And we somehow wanted Gill to play because he is such a good player. So I spoke to the coach and the selector who was on the tour as well, and they kind of agreed and not agreed,” Rohit added.

Rohit’s horrid run in IPL 2025

Just like the series in Australia, Rohit Sharma’s performance for the Mumbai Indians this season has also not been promising. Rohit has only managed to score 56 runs in the five matches he has played so far, with an average of 11.20 and a strike rate of 136.58.

Though he has been getting some decent starts he has not been able to successfully convert them into big knocks. The performance of the Mumbai franchise has also been disappointing, only winning two of the six matches they have played so far. 

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