Indian test skipper Rohit Sharma said sitting out the final match of the series against Australia due to poor form does not mean he will retire, adding that critics will not decide when he should walk away from the sport.

Indian cricket team Head coach Gautam Gambhir, players Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah inspect the pitch ahead of the fifth and last test match against Australia, at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Thursday.

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma said on Saturday he stood down from the decisive ongoing fifth Australia Test because he was not in form but

The captain of the Indian cricket team is sitting out of a crucial Test match for the first time ever in the middle of an ongoing series as defeats in Australia beckon generational change in the country’s most popular and richest sport.

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) -India dropped skipper Rohit Sharma but their top order batting woes continued as they struggled to 57 for three in the opening session of the fifth test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.

Admitting his form slump, India captain Rohit Sharma took a bold call and decided to drop himself from the fifth and final Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Rohit Sharma's call to opt out of Sydney Test,

India captain Rohit Sharma was dropped for the fifth Test against Australia in Sydney. Jasprit Bumrah leads in his absence. Sharma struggled with low scores recently. India lost five and drew one in the last six matches under his captaincy.