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Former Indian cricket workforce batter Sanjay Manjrekar stated that retirement is a private resolution however the resolution on whether or not Rohit Sharma will discover a place within the India taking part in XI sooner or later or not can be determined by the selectors. Rohit opted out of the fifth Check match in Sydney following a dismal run of kind and in a candid interview on Day 2 of the match, he addressed speculations about his future. Within the interview, Rohit stated that he won’t be retiring anytime quickly however Manjrekar identified that there is no such thing as a assure that he’ll discover a place within the facet if his kind doesn’t enhance sooner or later.
“But there was also another reason why he was doing that interview. To clear the air. Somewhere I think Gambhir was getting all the credit for a brave call by leaving Rohit Sharma out. He wanted to set the record straight. Let’s be honest,” Manjrekar stated after the encounter.
“I loved that interview. That first bit where he said, I couldn’t have another out-of-form batter in the XI, and that’s why he opted out. But there were some other emotions too.”
“One thing that a lot of players say is that ‘I will decide my future’. I have a problem with that. You can decide your future with regards to retirement, but somebody else has got the job to decide your future as a player and captain.”
“That’s the chairman of selectors. You have got to respect the hierarchy, however big you are. If the chairman of selectors is strong and he believes in the long-term health of Indian cricket, he has the power to decide whether your career should end now, or you get a few more matches, or one more series.”
“Retirement is in your hands, but playing for India is not,” he added.
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