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For Team India, a Rohit Sharma shaped hole
Hindustan Times East UP
|May 09, 2025
That Rohit Sharma has been struggling in tests has been clear for some time: The statistics (619 runs in 14 Tests at an average of 24.76 in 2024) speak for themselves.
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That Rohit Sharma has been struggling in tests has been clear for some time: The statistics (619 runs in 14 Tests at an average of 24.76 in 2024) speak for themselves. Then, in India, once you acquire the standing in cricket Sharma did, it is players who take the call on retirement — unlike in many other countries where selectors decide this. On Wednesday, the 38-year-old Sharma called time on a Test career that never quite lived up to its potential. There were moments, none greater than his performance during the Pataudi Trophy in England in 2021/22 when he scored
This story is from the May 09, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times East UP.
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