Legendary Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist predicted Rohit Sharma’s potential retirement from international cricket after the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in March. Rohit Sharma’s leadership came under fire after India’s 1-3 Test series loss to Australia. He also suffered a major failure with the bat in the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against Australia.
Amid the uproar over Rohit Sharma’s future after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 debacle, Adam Gilchrist also predicted that India could see a change of captaincy in Test cricket with either Jasprit Bumrah or Virat Kohli taking over as captain in the next appointment. England in June 2025.
Adam Gilchrist predicts Rohit Sharma’s retirement after ICC Champions Trophy 2025
After the disastrous tour of Australia, many were wondering if the 37-year-old Indian would be included in the squad for the next Test series, which kicks off the new World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle in England. Well, Gilchrist expressed doubts about Rohit Sharma’s future in Tests.
The former Australian wicketkeeper hinted that the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 could be his swansong. Gilchrist doesn’t think Rohit will extend his Test career until the England tour, but will have a clearer picture of his future after a self-assessment during the break.
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Adam Gilchrist said at Club Prairie Fire: “I don’t see Rohit Sharma going to England. I just felt that he was saying that he would evaluate it when he got home. I mean, the first thing she’ll be greeted with when she comes home is a two-month-old baby whose diapers she needs to change. Now that might encourage him to go to England. But I know not; I don’t see him pressuring me. I think he can make it in the Champions Cup and that could be it. This can get him out.”
Virat Kohli or Jasprit Bumrah? Adam Gilchrist draws India’s captaincy conundrum
The cricket expert also doubts that Jasprit Bumrah will become India’s full-time Test captain as he predicted Virat Kohli’s possible return to the captaincy, at least for the upcoming England tour.
He added, “I don’t know that Bumrah should be the full-time captain. I think it might get a little difficult for him. So, who the next captain could be, whether or not he will actually return to Virat Kohli, is anyone’s guess. I wouldn’t be surprised if he objects to doing that.”
Meanwhile, former England captain Michael Vaughan said Jasprit Bumrah should take over as India’s captain, while highlighting the team’s performance under the pacer. He also noted that had Jasprit Bumrah not been injured, India would have won the Sydney Test and saved the BGT 2024-25 against Australia.
Michael Vaughan backs Jasprit Bumrah for India’s Test captaincy
Michael Vaughan said on the same podcast: “I think you’re right. I would give the captaincy to Jasprit Bumrah and that is because India’s two best performances in Australia were Perth and SCG. And if he wasn’t injured, honestly, they would have won that game.”
Even Vaughan backed Shubman Gill as a potential vice-captain for the much-anticipated Test series. But the Englishman offered Gill to improve his numbers first in the longest format of the game. He said, “I would have picked someone like Shubman Gill as vice-captain, but with an average of over 45, I think he has game.”
