The team’s misery in Australia under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, he became a part of the very bad list as a captain.
Rohit Sharma became the fourth Indian captain to lose 4 consecutive test matches.
Rohit Sharma Joins Unwanted List: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India had to face a crushing defeat by 10 wickets in the Pink Ball Test match played against Australia at Adelaide Oval. The Indian team had started this tour very well, in which they had won the first match played in Perth by 295 runs, but in the very second match, host Australia made a strong comeback and leveled the series 1-1. Has been brought on par. Jasprit Bumrah took over the responsibility of captaincy for Team India in the first match of this series because Rohit could not join the squad in that match. At the same time, with the defeat in the Adelaide Test match, Rohit Sharma as the Indian captain has become a part of such a shameful list, which he had not expected.
Rohit became a part of this bad list of captains along with Kohli and Dhoni.
Captaining the Indian team is not an easy task. When the team faces consecutive defeats, the captain has to face the most criticism. For this reason, Rohit Sharma’s captaincy is being heavily criticized, the biggest reason for which is that Team India has faced consecutive defeats in its last 4 test matches played under his leadership. Has become a part of the shameful list, which earlier included Virat and Dhoni. In Test cricket, the record of facing defeat in most consecutive matches as an Indian captain is in the name of Nawab Pataudi, under whose leadership Team India had faced defeat in 6 consecutive matches between the year 1967-68.
Players who have faced most consecutive defeats in test matches as Indian captain
Nawab Pataudi – 6 matches (year 1967-68)
Sachin Tendulkar – 5 matches (year 1999-2000)
Dutta Gaikwad – 4 matches (year 1959)
MS Dhoni – 4 matches (2011)
MS Dhoni – 4 matches (2014)
Virat Kohli – 4 matches (year 2020-21)
Rohit Sharma – 4 matches (year 2024)
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