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Captain Rohit dropped himself from Sydney Test

Published - 3-JAN-2025 5:45 IST | Updated - 3-JAN-2025 5:45 IST

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The toss in the Sydney Test proved the media reports that were going on all day on Thursday to be correct. Jasprit Bumrah arrived for the toss wearing a blazer. That means captain Rohit Sharma dropped himself, he is not playing the fifth Test. Shubman Gill got a chance in his place.

How much Rohit's dropping himself will benefit Team India; it will be known only after the Test match is over, but it has been seen many times in cricket history, when the captain has dropped himself in the middle of a series or tournament.

In 2014, Sri Lanka won the T20 World Cup after dropping captain Dinesh Chandimal. The same year, Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from Tests after the third match in Australia. Virat Kohli became the Test captain in his place, who proved to be the best Test captain of the team.

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Dinesh Chandimal: Sri Lanka won the 2014 T20 World Cup after Dinesh Chandimal left the captaincy.

Sri Lanka made it to the 2007 and 2011 ODI World Cup and the 2009 and 2012 T20 World Cup finals, but each time the team remained runner-up. Dinesh Chandimal became the captain in the 2014 T20 World Cup. However, he was out of form in this format.

Chandimal was banned for one match due to slow over rate, he could not play the last match of the league against New Zealand. Lasith Malinga got the captaincy, but the team could score only 119 runs. Despite this, the team won the match by 59 runs. Chandimal dropped himself from the semi-finals. The team entered under the captaincy of Malinga, defeated teams like West Indies and India and also won the title.

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On 30 December 2014, MS Dhoni retired from Test cricket after the Melbourne Test between India and Australia was drawn. With one match left in the series, Virat Kohli took over the captaincy. He drew the match in Sydney, but the team lost the series 2-0. Virat went on to become India's best Test captain, winning 40 out of 68 Tests. These also included 7 wins in SENA countries.

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