Rohit Sharma has retired from test cricket with immediate effect, he announced on social media. He confirmed that he will continue playing in ODI’s
“He everyone I would just like to share that I am retiring from test cricket. It’s been an absolute honour to represent my country in whites. Thank you for all the love and support over the years. I will continue to represent India in the ODI format”, said Rohit in his statement.
🚨 ROHIT SHARMA RETIRED FROM TEST CRICKET 🚨 pic.twitter.com/Yjtz8onaOr
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 7, 2025
The decision brings an end to an 11-year career in the longest format, during which Rohit played 67 Tests, captaining 24 of them since taking over the reins of the team from Virat Kohli in 2022. He finishes with an aggregate of 4301 runs, including 12 centuries.
Rohit’s retirement comes close to India’s upcoming tour of England, where they are scheduled to play five Tests. The selection of the squad is set to happen soon, and will now have a new captain. In his most recent assignment as a Test captain in Australia, Rohit had at one point sat out considering his own poor form. India lost the series 3-1, with the Boxing Day Test at MCG late last year being Rohit’s last.
Rohit was originally pencilled in to make his Test debut in the 2010 Nagpur Test against South Africa before suffering a freak injury moments before the toss. It took him a further three years before he was picked to play the Kolkata Test of 2013 against West Indies, which he marked with a century. Another century followed in the next Test in Mumbai.
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