Shubman Gill squashes Rohit Sharma’s retirement rumors, says no discussion has been done

Indian opener Shubman Gill has quashed Rohit Sharma’s retirement rumors from ODIs. As per a recent report in Dainik Jagran, it has been reported that Rohit could hang his boots if India doesn’t win the Champions Trophy final against New Zealand.

Rohit hasn’t yet got a big score in the tournament and has amassed 104 runs in four matches at an average of 26. The Indian captain has been giving a quick start to the team but has failed to convert it into a substantial score.

Rohit had called time on his T20I career after leading India to glory in the T20 World Cup 2024. Furthermore, the veteran batter hasn’t been in the best of forms in the red-ball version.

“No discussion in the dressing room or with me. Even Rohit bhai would be thinking about the Champions Trophy final, like all of us. So nothing like that now. After the match, he will think if there is anything,” Gill said in the pre-match press conference ahead of the Champions Trophy final.

Meanwhile, it has been reported that same pitch will be used for the summit clash against New Zealand, which was used in the group stage match against Pakistan. Gill reckons the pitch is not going to change too much and will play the same in both innings.

“The pitch is not going to behave differently. Irrespective of hot weather, it will play like as it has in the tournament so far. We haven’t seen a score of 300 here. I don’t think the weather will play a part,” Gill added.

Gill had scored a match winning knock of 101 runs in the opening match against Bangladesh and scored 46 runs against Pakistan. But he hasn’t delivered in the last two matches and was dismissed after scoring only two runs in group match against New Zealand.