This player was once the match winner of Team India, the career was over due to Rohit Sharma!

Recently, Rohit Sharma, a veteran opener of the Indian cricket team (Indian Cricket Team) and captain of the Indian team, has shocked everyone by deciding to retire from Test cricket. Rohit Sharma has captained the Indian team in a total of 24 Tests. During this time, the team has won 12 and defeat in 9 matches. While 3 matches remain inconclusive.

Rohit Sharma has played 67 Test matches for India, during which he has scored 7538 runs in 116 innings at an excellent average of 40.57, including 12 centuries and 18 half -centuries. Significantly, when captain Rohit Sharma confirmed his place as a Test opener in the team, then there was also a player whose Test career was completely destroyed.

Rohit Sharma put a break on this player’s career

When Rohit Sharma started playing as a captain in Test cricket, there were many openers who had to be out of the team, among these players, the name of a player is named Murali Vijay who was counted among good openers. Murali Vijay retired from international cricket in the year 2023 due to being out of the team for a long time.

Murali Vijay played his last Test match against Australia in the year 2018. Murali Vijay was counted among the top openers of Team India at one time, but he had decided to retire for years staying away from cricket and team.

Murali Vijay was close to Virat Kohli

Murali Vijay played a total of 61 matches in Test cricket, during which he scored 3982 runs. During this time, 12 centuries also came out of his bat. Murali Vijay used to open for the team under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, but his career was destroyed as soon as Rohit Sharma came into the opening.

Murali Vijay was given many opportunities in T20 cricket and ODI, but he could never redeem this opportunity. And got out of the team.