After a day of many speculations around the Indian team leadership and senior cricketers' Test cricket future, Indian Test skipper Rohit Sharma has openly clarified his present status in Test cricket.

Trailing the series by 2-1, the five-match Test series finale at Sydney Cricket Ground experienced a surprise as the skipper Rohit Sharma chose to drop himself due to his recent poor form. Jasprit Bumrah, who also led the team in the Test series opener at Perth Stadium and India won that Test by 295 runs, has returned to the leadership role for the Sydney Test. 

I have stood down from this Test: Rohit Sharma

At the lunch break of the second day of the Sydney Test, the Indian Test captain Rohit Sharma cleared that he just stood down from the leadership role only in the ongoing Test match. 

Sharma started with, "I have stood down from this Test but I am not going anywhere."

The Indian Test captain added, “Like I told you this decision is not a retirement decision nor am I going to step aside from the game, there is no such decision. I am out of the game because my batting isn't working. There is no guarantee that the bat will not work after five months, there is no guarantee that the bat will not work after two months. We have seen a lot in cricket, every minute. every second, everyday life changes. So I have this belief in myself that things will change but at the same time you know I have to be realistic as well.”

Indian Test captain slammed for misinformation

Sharma also slammed the journalists for spreading rumors without any official information. He said, “Someone is sitting inside with a mic or a laptop or a pen, what he writes, what he says, our life does not change because of that. We have played this game for so many years, so they cannot decide when we should go or when we should not play or when we have to sit out or when we should captain. I am a sensible man, I am a mature man, I am a father of two kids, so I have a little bit of brain.”

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Rohit Sharma - "Arey bhai kahi nahi ja raha main idhar hi hu" 🥹❤️ #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/e7lcY593Pz

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