Sydney: The five-match Test series between India and Australia has reached its final stage. In the four-match series played so far, the Indian team is trailing 1-2. Apart from winning in Sydney, Team India has no other option left to retain its hold on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In such a situation, India will have to play with its strongest playing-11 in Sydney. Big changes can be seen in the team. In such a situation, on the eve of the Sydney Test, the team's head coach Gautam Gambhir had to face the question of whether Rohit Sharma, who has become the weak link of the team, will play or not.

Will select playing-11 on Friday

When Gautam Gambhir was asked about Rohit, he said, 'Everything is fine with Rohit, we will inspect the wicket today and then announce our playing-11 tomorrow.' However, after this Rohit Sharma was not seen practicing slip fielding on the nets. Virat Kohli, Nitish Reddy, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul were practicing catching in the slips. Rohit Sharma was not seen with the new combination in fielding practice. Gautam Gambhir was seen having a long conversation with Shubman Gill. This means that Gill's return to the playing-11 is certain.

Rohit's performance on the tour has been shameful

The Australia tour has proved to be a nightmare for Rohit Sharma. In the 5 innings of the three Tests played in the series, Hitman has scored 3, 6, 10, 3 and 9 runs. His average in the five innings has been 6.2. Rohit has become the weakest link of the team. If there was any other player in Rohit's place, he would have been shown the way out of the playing eleven. But now the matter has come to the team's reputation, so the team management has to take a difficult decision like excluding Rohit from the playing-11.

There are indications of Rohit being out of the playing-11

In Sydney, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Jaspreet Bumrah were seen inspecting the pitch together. Only time will tell what all this means. But the indications that are being received right now are pointing towards Team India playing the Sydney Test without the Hitman.