India captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket, leaving all his fans heartbroken. He played 67 Tests and scored 4301 runs. Rohit’s retirement from Test cricket also sparked a debate over who could be India’s new Test captain. However, not only Rohit, but also star Indian batter Virat Kohli announced his Test retirement, ahead of the upcoming five-match series against England as well.

However, recently, former England all-rounder Moeen Ali applauded Rohit and called him a “natural player”. He also said that Rohit should have worked on his fitness just like Kohli as well.

“Rohit was a more natural player in terms of, like, amazing to watch. Like a proper gift given to him. When I say natural, everything looks a lot smoother. He was a top player. There was a period of time where he was probably the most talented player in the world, naturally,” Moeen, who plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, said on the Beard Before Wicket podcast.

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“Like probably didn’t do the work in terms of fitness and stuff as Virat but still as effective. Would probably hit the ball further,” he again added.

Rohit Sharma played 67 games and scored 4,301 runs, including 12 centuries and 18 fifties as well. Earlier, former India head coach Ravi Shastri also shared his views on the time when he pushed Rohit as an opener, which became a huge hit as the move worked well for both Rohit and the team as well.

“Batting at four, five, this guy used to get bored. Then I started dwelling on the fact, why is he so successful in one-day cricket? He likes to be out there early,” Shastri said in the ICC Review. “I said, if he can go out there and do it, he has got enough time on his hands to play the quicks. He’s got the shots against the quicks, to take them on. The field is up, so Test cricket might be a honeymoon for him if he starts embracing it.”