Rohit Sharma Retirement: Rohit Sharma retires from Test cricket

Indian captain Rohit Sharma has said goodbye to Test cricket on Wednesday evening. Read more on Dynamite News

New Delhi: Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday evening. He will continue playing in ODIs. Rohit announced his retirement from Test cricket from his social media handle.

According to the Dynamite News correspondent, he shared a picture of his Test cap on Insta Story and wrote in the caption - I want to tell all of you friends that I am retiring from Test cricket. It is a matter of great pride for me to represent my country in this format. Thank you very much to all of you. I will continue to play for India in ODIs.

Rohit played his first Test match in the year 2013. He scored a century in the very first match. Rohit Sharma played 67 Test matches for India in Test cricket. During this, he scored 4301 runs at an average of 40.57 with the help of 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries.

Rohit captained India in the final of the World Test Championship against Australia. Apart from the last series at home against New Zealand and the Border-Gavaskar series against Australia, his performance as captain was poor.

After Rohit's retirement from Test cricket, it has become clear that the Indian team will get a new Test captain on the England tour. Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant are leading the race. This series will start in June.

Rohit went through a bad phase during the 2024-25 season. He scored 164 runs in 15 matches at an average of 10.83. Rohit was in poor form during the home series against Bangladesh and New Zealand.

After this, he did not play in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy due to the birth of his son. When Rohit returned during the second Test in Adelaide, he did not open and sent Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul to open the innings. In Rohit's absence, the pair of Yashasvi and Rahul shared a 201-run partnership in the first Test.

He scored a century in his debut itself. After this, he scored another century in the next Test in Mumbai. Rohit Sharma has undoubtedly been one of the best players of Indian cricket. Last year, he announced his retirement from T20 cricket after winning the World Cup 2024.