Indian cricket team ODI captain Rohit Sharma has recently revealed that his father Gurunath Sharma was very disappointed at his retirement from Test cricket. Rohit surprised his millions of fans by recently said goodbye to Test cricket before the important tour of England. Even many veterans were not sure that Rohit said goodbye to the Test.
Rohit played 67 matches for the Indian team and scored 4301 runs at an average of 40.57. Recently, while speaking on the occasion of the release of the book of Pooja, wife of Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit revealed that his father is a big fan of Test cricket and used to discuss his innings in Test cricket long. Therefore, when Rohit retired from the test, he was disappointed.
Rohit quoted ANI as saying, “My father has seen me playing a lot of cricket with a red ball. So he appreciates the red ball cricket very much. Then, obviously he was a little disappointed when I announced my retirement. But they were happy. But, yes, he is my father. And of course, he is my father. And of course that I am not possible today, he has not been able to have a very big role in it.”
In addition, Rohit revealed that his father was not excited even after a record-breaking innings of 264 runs in ODIs. Speaking further, Rohit said, “He has been a fan of Test cricket since day one. He does not like this new -age cricket. I still remember the day when I scored 264 runs in ODIs. He was like this, it was, well, well.
Let us know that Rohit recently became the second highest run -scorer for Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025). He scored 418 runs in 15 innings at an average of 29.85 and a strike rate of 149.28, including four half -centuries in his name. However, in qualifier 2, he was dismissed cheaply on 8 (7) runs and was eliminated from the MI tournament. After the IPL, now Rohit will now be seen playing ODI cricket on a tour of Bangladesh in August.
