Sydney. Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir has started tightening the weak links of the Indian batting in Australia. Now reports are coming out in the media that captain Rohit Sharma will not be a part of the playing XI in the 5th and final Test starting on Friday. Its speculations started when head coach Gautam Gambhir came to address the press on the eve of the match and not captain Rohit Sharma. After this, there were reports that Rohit was not seen even for practice in Sydney. By the end of the day, the media has caught the news that Rohit will not play the 5th and last Test.

According to a report in the Times of India, it is being reported that in place of Rohit, Team India will be led by Jasprit Bumrah, who had led the team in the first Test of the series when Rohit was not with the team on paternity leave.

Rohit Sharma is struggling with poor form these days and he has been able to score only 31 runs in 5 innings of 3 Tests played on this tour. His average is 6.20. His Test performance has been under question since 20124. He has scored only 619 runs in the last 14 Tests, which includes 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries. His average has been 24.76 percent.

India is trailing 1-2 in the current series. The team management seems to be more strict and angry with Rohit when they removed KL Rahul from opening for the Melbourne Test and dropped Shubman Gill from the playing XI. Rahul is playing brilliantly as an opener on this tour. At the same time, Rohit Sharma was asked by the team to play at number 6 but he was seen struggling continuously at this position. After this, he did come to open in Melbourne but got out cheaply in both the innings.

In the press conference on Thursday, journalists had directly asked Gambhir whether Rohit Sharma would be a part of the playing XI. On this, Gambhir did not reveal his cards and clearly said that the playing XI will be decided only after seeing the pitch. He also said that everything is fine with Rohit and there is nothing unusual. If the coach is here, it means everything should be fine and everything is fine and we will decide our playing XI only after seeing the wicket tomorrow.