This also probably happened for the first time in Indian cricket’s history. The team’s coach avoided confirming Rohit Sharma’s place in the first eleven for the Sydney Test! Amid reports that all isn’t well in the dressing room, Gautam Gambhir decided to attend just his second press conference since taking over as the head coach in Sydney.

The Indian captain has been in such poor form that even bowlers like Akash Deep and Nathan Lyon have scored more runs than him! In his last 15 innings, Rohit has scored just 164 runs at an average of 10.93. The situation became so bad that discussions arose about stepping him down as captain even before the ongoing BGT ends.

Gambhir added more salt to the story. The Indian head coach didn’t confirm whether Rohit would play in Sydney. He was asked, ‘Will Rohit Sharma play tomorrow?’Gambhir in reply just stated, “We will take the Playing XI call after looking at the pitch tomorrow.”

The only confirmation regarding Team India’s combination for the final Test is that Akash Deep has been ruled out due to a back spasm. 

But other than that, Gambhir didn’t comment on the team composition. Considering that no-comment one might even speculate that perhaps Jasprit Bumrah returns as captain in Sydney.

He was the stand-in skipper in Perth, and Team India won that match. Since then, the visitors have been playing catch-up, and now that Bumrah has been confirmed for the Sydney Test by Gambhir and uncertainty looms over Rohit Sharma's spot in the playing XI, we might see a permanent captaincy change.