Rohit Sharma on dropping himself for Sydney Test: Had an argument with coach and selector, tried putting team first
Rohit Sharma has revealed that he had an “argument” with Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar over his decision to sit out of the Sydney Test during Border-Gavaskar series in January this year.
“I spoke to the coach and the selector, and they kind of agreed, not agreed, …. there was an argument around it,” Rohit told former Australian captain Michael Clarke during the Beyond23 Cricket podcast. This newspaper had reported then about how Rohit wasn’t dropped, but had made the decision to opt out on his own.
“I had to be honest with myself. I wasn’t hitting the ball well. I didn’t want to put myself there only because we had dropped the other guys who were struggling as well,” he said.
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