Melbourne: Indian captain Rohit Sharma is currently going through the worst tour of his Test career. Rohit himself is going through a bad phase and the team is also in bad shape under his captaincy. Indian captain Rohit has not done anything great in the last three matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 on the Australia tour. Also, under his captaincy, Team India has not won any of the last six matches.

After his own poor and poor captaincy within the team, Rohit has now made up his mind to retire from Test cricket. Hitman has also decided the date of his retirement.

After losing the fourth Test match against Australia by 185 runs, the Indian team is now trailing 1-2 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. After poor form, Rohit has had to say goodbye to the longest format of the game.

Under Rohit's captaincy, Team India has suffered defeat in Adelaide and Melbourne. Before that, in the home series against New Zealand, the Indian team had to face a clean sweep under his captaincy. Under Rohit's captaincy, India has not been able to win any of its last six Test matches.

The 37-year-old Rohit's bat has been quite silent for some time now. He has scored just 31 runs in five innings at an average of 6.2. Since the start of the Bangladesh series in September, the player has scored just 164 runs in 15 innings at an average of just 10.93.

Rohit Sharma has fixed the date of retirement

There is no improvement in Rohit's batting form and there was speculation that the Melbourne Test could be his last Test for India. Meanwhile, a Times of India report said that the Indian captain has made up his mind to retire from Test cricket after the Sydney Test.

The report further said that there is a lot of discussion about Rohit's retirement among the top officials and selectors of the BCCI. However, if India manages to make it to the World Test Championship (WTC) final, Rohit can play the final match.

India's chances of reaching the 2025 WTC final are in danger and it is no longer in their hands. The two-time runners-up need to win the Sydney Test and hope for help from Sri Lanka to qualify.