{"id":1220616,"date":"2025-01-04T19:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T14:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/?p=1220616"},"modified":"2025-01-04T19:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T14:20:45","slug":"cannot-be-changed-navjot-singh-sidhu-makes-massive-comment-on-rohit-sharma-opting-out-from-sydney-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/news\/cannot-be-changed-navjot-singh-sidhu-makes-massive-comment-on-rohit-sharma-opting-out-from-sydney-test-1220616\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cannot be changed&#8230;&#8217;: Former Indian cricketer&#8217;s massive comment on Rohit Sharma &#8216;Opting Out&#8217; from Sydney test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu slammed management as skipper Rohit Sharma has decided to opt out from the fifth and final Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25, taking place at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney. Rohit decided to make this decision after he had three failed outings in the 3 matches he played in the current season of BGT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When speaking to the media after day 2 of the Sydney Test, Sidhu sated that these sort of massive decisions have to be taken before or after a series, and not when a series is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>My take on the Rohit Sharma issue is very simple. Such decisions have to be taken before or after a series. Horses cannot be changed midstream and here is a captain&#8230; There will always be opinions, we have a habit of pulling our heroes down. That should not be the case<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; Sidhu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sidhu further gave reference of Rohit&#8217;s performance of 6 months ago in the 2024 T20 World Cup, where India won the title after defeating South Africa in the finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Six months ago, the man had lifted the World Cup for you and he was scoring runs&#8230; At the moment, Indian cricket stands tall like a mountain. We have more and more young players playing, people are gravitating towards our country, and India sits at the top of ICC as well<\/em><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221; added Sidhu.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Rohit Sharma represents 150 crore Indians as a captain&#8230; During a series, when you remove him, you are sending the wrong signals<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; Sidhu concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming to the match, the pitch of the Sydney Ground helped bowlers as the game saw fall of 15 wickets on Day 2 of the fifth Test match. Indian premium pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who is also the stand-in captain of the team for the match, was also seen leaving the ground due to a back injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu slammed management as skipper Rohit Sharma has decided to opt out from the fifth and final Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":1220623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[8804,142,15216],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Cannot be changed...&#039;: Former Indian cricketer&#039;s massive comment on Rohit Sharma &#039;Opting Out&#039; from Sydney test<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Navjot Singh Sidhu slammed management as skipper Rohit Sharma has decided to opt out from the fifth and final Test match of the BGT 2024-25\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/news\/cannot-be-changed-navjot-singh-sidhu-makes-massive-comment-on-rohit-sharma-opting-out-from-sydney-test-1220616\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Cannot be changed...&#039;: Former Indian cricketer&#039;s massive comment on Rohit Sharma &#039;Opting Out&#039; 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