Rohit Sharma’s Test career is facing serious questions after a string of underwhelming performances, leaving fans and cricket pundits wondering if the Indian skipper still has a handle on the game’s longest format after his underwhelming show on Australian soil.
After Rohit’s recent horrendous run in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, former Australian Simon Katich warned that England would not be the best place for the Indian skipper to bounce back in the difficult conditions. touch
Rohit Sharma’s woeful numbers have sparked controversy over his Test career after the Australian tour
Katich pointed out that Rohit Sharma’s recent figures are alarmingly low as he ended the 2024-25 season with just 164 runs in eight Tests at an average of 10.93. His dismal run continued on the tour of Australia, where he managed just 31 runs in three matches before opting to rest for the fifth and final Test in Sydney, where India lost the game by six wickets.
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Simon Katich was quoted in India Today: “Only he knows if he’s hungry and drives 37 to go again. England won’t be easy series. England is on the rise. They have some good young quicks. Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse they are doing well.”
Test cricket is no place for 37-year-olds: Simon Katich
Furthermore, Katich raised doubts over Rohit Sharma’s future in Test cricket, especially with a tough tour of England ahead. The cricket expert stressed that at 37, opening the batting in Test matches is difficult and only Rohit can decide whether he still has the drive for it.
The Australian added: “I daresay if he chooses to go and the Indian selectors choose him in the first place, it will be a tough tour. These numbers do not make for good reading. Test cricket is not at the top of the order for the 37-year-old. History shows that and only Rohit Sharma knows if he can sustain his hunger.”
Recently, Rohit Sharma announced that he has no plans to retire from Tests anytime soon. The 37-year-old slammed his critics, expressing confidence that his Test form will improve over the next five months. He said: “One sits down with a microphone, a laptop or a pen and writes something; Our life does not change according to what that person writes and says.”
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Simon Katich jokes that Rohit Sharma has a great career in stand-up comedy
Reacting to Rohit’s statement, Simon Katich jokingly suggested that the Indian opener has a great future as a stand-up comedian after he retires from the game as his sense of humor is so good.
Katich signed off: “If you look at the numbers, they are damning. We saw that in this Test. It was his great sacrifice to get out of the test. I saw in that interview that he speaks very well. There is no doubt that he has a future after playing stand-up comedy cricket because his humor was so good.
