indian cricket team captain rohit sharma announced his retirement from Test matches yesterday. Although he did not say a single word about dhoni, fans are saying that he has released this retirement statement dedicated to Dhoni. rohit sharma was the captain who led the indian team to victory in the 2025 Champions Trophy series. He had led the indian team very well in ODIs. He had also led the indian team to victory in the 2024 t20 World Cup. However, the indian team suffered a humiliating defeat against new zealand and australia under his leadership in Test matches. And since rohit sharma is 38 years old, the bcci decided that it was not right to let him play Test matches anymore. Following this, rohit sharma announced his retirement from Test matches.
In his post, he said, "I would like to share with everyone that I am retiring from Test matches. I consider it a great honour to play cricket for my country wearing the white shirt. Thank you very much for the love and support given to me over the years. I will continue to play ODIs for the indian team." While he did not mention dhoni anywhere in this post, he posted a post about his retirement on instagram at exactly 7:29. This is what Dhoni's fans are pointing out because dhoni had announced his retirement from international cricket at exactly 7:29. The indian team exited the 2019 ODI world cup in the semi-finals. dhoni did not feature in the indian team after that. He did not announce anything about his retirement at that time. After that, dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on august 15, 2020. He announced his retirement on instagram at exactly 7:29 pm. Now, following dhoni, indian team captain rohit sharma has also announced his Test retirement on the same instagram at 7:29 pm. Pointing to this, fans are saying that rohit sharma followed his retirement announcement out of respect for Dhoni.

When rohit sharma struggled to score runs in ODIs, dhoni, who was the captain at the time, shifted him from the middle order to the opener. That decision turned Rohit Sharma's cricketing life upside down. After that, rohit sharma became one of the best openers of the indian team by scoring more than 10,000 runs in ODIs.
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Sowmiya Sriram

08/05/2025 10:20 AM