Team India captain Rohit Sharma has officially announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing the curtain down on a remarkable journey in the whites. The announcement was made on Wednesday through his Instagram Story, where the opener gave a hearty note. “Hello everyone, I would just like to share that I am retiring from Test cricket. It is a full honor to represent my country in whites. Thanks to all love and support for years. I will continue to represent India in the ODI format,” Rohit wrote.
Rohit’s wife, Ritika Sajeh reacted on Instagram with a heart -broken response.
Rohit made his Test debut against the West Indies in November 2013 and represented India in the 67 Tests. He scored an average of 4,301 runs in 40.57 with 12 centuries and 18 fifties. His highest score of 212 came in 2019 during a memorable home series against South Africa. He ended as the 16th largest run-run in India for the longest time.
He began his test trip in 2013 with a memorable 177 against the West Indies at Eden Garden, Kolkata.
Despite immense promises and some great knocks, ‘Hitman’ initially struggled to strengthen himself as a top-lover batsman in the long format, especially in tourism away from home. From 2013-18, Rohit played just 27 Tests, scored 1,585 runs at an average of 39.63, with 10 centuries and 10 fifties in 47 innings. His best score was 151. The right -handed batsman fought away from home, especially in testing of South Africa, England, New Zealand and South Africa (Army) countries. Success in these countries is often considered the identity of a great Indian batsman.
His test career saw a second wind with the launch of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), as the format renewed his red ball journey. Promoted to open the innings, Rohit specifically found stability and form on the soil of the house. In 40 WTC matches, he scored 2,716 runs on an average of 41.15, including nine centuries and eight fifties. His highest score in the WTC Chakra was also 212. He was India’s top run-scorer and century-mekar in WTC history and finished 10th among the all-time major scorers of the tournament. His best in the 2019 series tests against South Africa at home remains his best, where he scored 532 runs in three matches in three matches at an incredible average of 132.25, with three centuries, including double hundred, including double hundred in Ranchi. He began his test revival as a opener as a opener with a knock of 176 and 127 against South Africa in October 2019 in Visakhapatnam.
Rohit’s dominance at home was unmatched, scored 2,535 runs on an average of 51.73 in 34 tests, with eight fifty in 10 centuries and 55 innings. However, his struggles were evident in foreign conditions, where he scored 1,644 runs in an average 31.01 tests of 31.01, with 10 centuries and 10 fifties in 57 innings. At neutral locations, he depicted in two tests, scoring 122 runs at an average of 30.50, with the best of 43.
His best moment abroad came to England in the 2021-22 Pataudi Trophy, where he emerged as India’s lead run-goldter, scoring 368 runs in four trials at an average of 52.57. The series included a memorable knock of 127, which was their only century in the Army (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries.
He has played 11 Tests against South Africa and scored 738 runs at 38.84 with three centuries and one of the 212 was weak in South Africa, with only 183 runs in six matches at an average of 16.63.
Against England, he scored 1,147 runs in 14 tests at 47.79 with four centuries and four fifties. In England alone, he played seven matches and scored 524 runs at 40.30, the highest with 127. Against New Zealand, he scored 515 runs in nine tests at 36.78 with a five -fifty, while scored 40.66 runs in two Tests in New Jailland, with 72 runs. Half -century. His record in Australia was equal, with 439 runs not the highest score of 24.38 and 63 on an average in 10 Tests.
Rohit’s record against the West Indies was one of his most prominent, including 578 runs in six tests and seven centuries and two half -centuries in seven innings at an outstanding average of 96.33. His first knock of 177 is still one of his best innings.
As Captain, Rohit led India in 24 tests, 12 won, losing nine, defeating three, with a win of exactly 50. He took India to the final of the 2023 World Test Championship in England, where the team decreased against Australia. However, the final stages of his red-ball career were killed by poor form and team results.
The 2024–25 season proved to be particularly difficult. In eight trials and 15 innings, spreading away from the domestic series against Bangladesh in Australia, he managed to score just 164 runs, with only one fifty his name. His form recession was associated with India’s recession in performance, as he became the first Indian captain to lose a domestic Test series against New Zealand to suffer 3–0. He also captained the side through most of Australia’s series, which India lost 3–1, resulting in the 2025 WTCs out of the controversy for the final.
Despite the late-career failures, Rohit Sharma’s test is one of the heritage changes, firmness and class. With a middle-order player who struggled to cement his place to become one of the most reliable openers in India in the WTC era. He announced that he would continue to serve India in the ODI format, before turning on the page on Test cricket, where he remains a column of experience and leadership.
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