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Major breaking ahead of the Indian cricket team’s 5th and final match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-2025 Test series is that India captain Rohit Sharma has been dropped from the team while pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah is now set to lead the team in the match.

It is being reported by the Indian Express and many journalists who are present in Australia and famous outlets in India that Indian captain Rohit Sharma is dropped for the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test match as India looks to make it 2-2.

There were major question marks over the Indian captain’s recent form in the red ball cricket. Many fans and cricket experts were not happy with Rohit’s captaincy decision, including in the last match when he decided to field open when Australia’s 9, 10 and 11 were batting.

Not only his captaincy, Rohit Sharma’s bat has remained silent throughout the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-2025. After 5 innings, the 37-years-old has scored only 31 runs, which if you compare, Jasprit Bumrah has 30 wickets in the series.

Ever since the appointment of Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of the Indian cricket, he has adamant about rebuilding the team. He has successfully managed to do so for T20I team but there is a lot of work to do.

Rohit Sharma is currently the team’s captain in Red Ball cricket and in the ODI format while announced his retirement after winning the T20 World Cup in 2024.

Shubman Gill to replace Rohit Sharma

Shubman Gill, who was dropped from the 4th Test, is set to included in the playing XI for the 5th Test in Sydney in place of Rohit. Gill was dropped from the playing XI in the last match with claims that he did not fit in team combination, which many fans didn’t agree and many believed that he was dropped only to fit Sharma into the XI.

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