Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has questioned whether Rohit Sharma would drop himself for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 fifth Test keeping the team’s interest in mind. He added that keeping Shubman Gill out of the playing XI is
not the right call.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “Is Rohit Sharma going to take the decision that is being discussed? Will he drop himself in the team’s interest? Is that possible? That will be a big talking point because, in my opinion, making Shubman Gill sit out is not a great thing. It happened for the first time in his captaincy that he kept his interest above the team’s interest. He felt he should open because opening is right for him. The moment you start thinking like that, you need to make a lot of changes, which don’t help the team and that didn’t happen.”

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In the same video, Aakash Chopra added that Rohit Sharma is unlikely to sit out.

“So will he take that call that he should sit out? I am not so sure. I feel Rohit will play this match. We cricketers learn from our childhoods that we shouldn’t accept defeat and that we can turn it around. We know how to get up and run after falling. That might be the thought process. In my opinion, he could take that call in the team’s interest as he is unable to bat. He has scored 31 runs in five innings, and it’s not only these five innings, it’s been more than 10 innings including Bangladesh and New Zealand. He has scored just one fifty. I felt this thinking could have been there, but it won’t be is what I am thinking also,” Aakash Chopra concluded.