“This decision is not a retirement decision,” Rohit said. star sports. “I’m also not going to retire from the game. I was left out of this match because the runs are not coming off my bat. There is no guarantee that the runs will not come five or two months later.
“I have seen a lot in cricket that life changes every second, every minute, every day. I have confidence in myself that things can change, but at the same time I also have to be realistic.
“So life will not be changed by what people write or say with a microphone, a pen or a laptop. They cannot decide when we should stand down, when we should sit down, when we should be captains. I am a sensible man, a mature man ., father of two children, so I know what I need in life.”
Rohit joined the team midway through the first Test in Perth after the birth of his second child. After initially settling in the middle order to accommodate KL Rahul at the top, Rohit returned to his usual first place in the Boxing Day Test after scores of 3, 6 and 10. But after dismissals for two more scores of single digits, speculation swirled about an imminent retirement as Australia took a 2-1 lead.
“The talk I had with the coach and the selector was very simple: my bat is not scoring runs, I am not fit, this is an important match, and we need players who are fit,” he explained. “As things stand, the boys are not in good shape. So I had this simple idea in mind: we can’t take players out of shape.
“That’s why I thought I should tell the coach and the selector what was going on in my mind. They supported my decision. They said that you have played for so many years, you are the best judge of what you are doing.”
