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New Delhi. The Indian team has disappointed everyone on the Australia tour. It is not able to show the kind of game that was expected from the team. Star batsman Virat Kohli is continuously getting out in the same style by playing the ball outside the off stump, while captain Rohit Sharma is not showing any coordination with his form. Young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is continuously getting out by playing odd shots and increasing the problems of the team. Meanwhile, senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin surprised everyone by retiring in the middle of the series.

India had a great chance to avoid defeat in the Melbourne Test but it handed victory on a platter to Australia by losing the remaining 7 wickets in the last session of the 5th day. Now the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to ask tough questions to the coach and captain on this performance.

After Rohit Sharma flopped in the first innings of the Melbourne Test, it was clearly stated that he no longer has a place in this Indian team and the time has come to hand over the command of the team to Jasprit Bumrah.

Mark Waugh had said, 'If I were the selector of Team India, it would depend on the second innings of the match, and if he (Rohit Sharma) does not score runs there too... I would be saying, Rohit thank you for your services. You have been a great player but we are going to make Jasprit Bumrah the captain in the SCG (Sydney) Test.'

Apart from Mark Waugh, there are many other former cricketers and experts who are openly saying that the time has come for Rohit Sharma's Test retirement. He has been able to score only 31 runs in the 5 innings played in Australia. Before this, he had been able to score only 91 runs in the 6 Test innings played at home. If we look at the last 15 innings, he has been able to score only 164 runs and his average during this period is only 11.

Apart from this, questions are also being raised on the role of the team's head coach Gautam Gambhir as to how the Indian team lost the Test series 0-3 against New Zealand at home and then the team's main spinner Ravichandran Ashwin announced retirement in the middle of the series. This did not stop there, in the Melbourne Test, the team management dropped Shubman Gill, who was playing at number 3, from the playing XI.

After the team's poor performance, there were a lot of discussions going on on social media that the captain and coach were not in agreement on many decisions of the team. Especially regarding team selection. But how much truth is there in these discussions can hardly be revealed because the board will discuss this with its captain and coach only behind closed doors.

However, it is also being said that Gambhir was in favor of bringing experienced batsman Cheteshwar Pujara to the team for this tour and he talked about this to the team management many times. Even after winning the Perth Test, Gambhir had demanded to bring Pujara but the selectors did not pay any attention to his demand.

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