Rohit Sharma's Test career is facing serious questions after a string of disappointing performances, leaving fans and cricket pundits wondering if the Indian skipper still has what it takes in the longest format of the game after the show its low on Australian soil.
After Rohit's dreadful run in the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, former Australian opener Simon Katich gave a stark reality check, warning that England, with its difficult conditions, will not be the best place for the Indian captain to -he regains his loss. touching.
Rohit Sharma's dismal figures fuel debate over Test career after Australia tour
Katich pointed out that Rohit Sharma's recent figures are alarmingly low as he ended the 2024-25 season with just 164 runs in eight Tests at an average of just 10.93. His dismal run continued in the tour of Australia, where he managed just 31 runs in three matches before opting to rest for the fifth and final Test in Sydney, where India lost the game by six wickets .
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Simon Katich was quoted by India Today: “Only he knows if he is hungry and drives at 37 to go again. England will not be an easy series. England is on the way up. They have some good young guys. Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse are doing well.”
Test cricket is no place for 37-year-olds: Simon Katich
Furthermore, Katich raised doubts over Rohit Sharma's future in Test cricket, especially with a challenging tour of England ahead. The cricket expert pointed out that at the age of 37, opening the batting in Test matches is difficult and pointed out that only Rohit can decide whether he still has the drive to do so.
The Aussie added: “I daresay it will be a tough tournament if he chooses to go and the Indian selectors pick him, first of all. Those numbers are not easy to read. Test cricket is no place for the 37-year-old at the top of the order. History suggests that and only Rohit Sharma knows if he has the hunger to continue.”
Recently, Rohit Sharma made it clear that he has no plans to retire from Tests anytime soon. The 37-year-old hit back at his critics by expressing confidence that his Test form will improve over the next five months. He had said: “Some person sits with a microphone, a laptop or a pen and writes things; our lives don't change because of what that person writes or says.”
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Simon Katich jokes that Rohit Sharma has a great career in stand-up comedy
Reacting to Rohit's statement, Simon Katich jokingly suggested that the Indian opener will have a great future as a stand-up comedian once he retires from the game as his sense of humor is very good.
Katich concluded by saying, “Well, if you look at the numbers, I'm damned. We saw it in this Test. It was very selfless of him to give up the Test. I saw in that interview, very well spoken. There's no doubt he has a future after he's finished playing cricket in stand-up comedy because his humor was really good.”