Sourav Ganguly on Rohit Sharma Retirement: Indian team captain Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement amid IPL 2025. Rohit has retired from the Test format. Immediately after the IPL, India has to tour England, where a five-match Test series is to be played. The team was to be announced soon regarding this series and many types of news were coming.
However, even before the team was announced, Rohit announced his retirement from the Test format. Former captain Sourav Ganguly has given a big reaction to his retirement from Test cricket. He has said that when he was the BCCI President, he knew that Rohit Sharma would be an excellent captain.
Rohit has proved to be an excellent captain – Sourav Ganguly
According to Sourav Ganguly, he had supported Rohit Sharma a lot for captaincy. He had excellent leadership qualities in him. Now after Rohit Sharma’s retirement from Test, Sourav Ganguly has given a big statement. While talking to ANI, he said,
Rohit Sharma is a great player of India but a player has to retire. My best wishes are with him. His career was very good. He will continue to play ODIs and IPL for India. BCCI’s job is to support the players. When I was a part of BCCI, I thought he would be the best captain of India and that is what happened. We won the World Cup, Champions Trophy and Test cricket under his captaincy.
Rohit Sharma suddenly retired from Test
Countless memories, magnificent moments.
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I want to tell everyone that I am retiring from Test cricket. It is an honor for me to represent my country in the white jersey. Thank you all for the love and support I have received over the years. I will continue to represent India in the ODI format. “