Irfan Pathan made a big disclosure about Rohit Sharma. (Photo-PTI)
During the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Team India veteran batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced retirement from Test cricket. After this, Shubman Gill was given the command of the Test team. Now Rohit Sharma Former Indian team all -rounder Irfan Pathan made a big disclosure about which everyone is shocked to hear. Irfan Pathan said during an interview that if Rohit Sharma had not been the captain of the team, he would have been removed from the playing XI. Rohit Sharma flopped badly on Australia tour.
What did Irfan Pathan say?
Former India all -rounder Irfan Pathan has said a lot about Rohit Sharma. During an interview, he said that Rohit Sharma flopped badly in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Irfan said, “If these openers of Team India were not captains of the team, they would have been thrown out of the playing XI”. Irfan Pathan said that there is no doubt that Rohit Sharma is the best player of white ball cricket, but his average in Test cricket was only 6 in Test cricket (in 2024-25), so he would have been out of the team if he had not been a captain.
Questions arose after supporting Rohit
This former cricketer of Team India further said that I was asked why you supported Rohit despite poor performances? I was commenting at that time and when you call someone for an interview, talk to him with respect. He said, “People say that I supported Rohit Sharma excessively. When someone comes to interview your broadcasting channel, you will not misbehave with him? You have called him, you will treat him with decency. When Rohit came for interview, we also did the same, because he was our guests”.
Rohit’s performance in Australia
Border-gavaskar trophy In 2024-25, the Indian team had to suffer badly on the tour of Australia. Rohit Sharma flopped badly in this five Test series. He was able to score only 31 runs in 5 innings of 3 matches at an average of 6.20. After this, he had decided not to play in the Sydney Test match. After taking retirement from Irfan Pathan cricket, now he is seen commenting.
The chance was not found in IPL 2025
Irfan Pathan did not get a chance to comment in IPL 2025. His name was not included in the commentary panel. According to reports, this former all -rounder was not included in the commentary panel for criticizing some players. Rohit Sharma was also named in those players.
