Once Rohit was done with his training, he along with Bumrah and Agarkar left the nets but Gambhir stayed back. It is learnt that during this meeting after training it was decided that Rohit Sharma would be 'rested', which in Indian cricket parlance means “dropped by intimation”.

Rohit Sharma has confirmed that his decision to drop himself for the fifth and final Test against Australia wasn’t an admission that retirement beckons.

Rohit Sharma, who had been under fire for his miserable run as batter as well as captain in recent months, had “opted out” of the fifth and final Test against Australia in Sydney, leading many to believe the ‘Hitman’ made his final appearance in whites in Melbourne.