After winning the first Test in Perth, India went on to lose the clashes in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, losing the series and the trophy to the Aussies. With team India’s horrid show down under,

Captain Rohit Sharma, on the other hand, was even poor. He registered only 31 runs in five innings and eventually, with the series on the line, had to drop himself from the Sydney Test. After six-wicket defeat to Australai at the Sydney Cricket Ground,

Virat Kohli last played a Ranji Trophy match in 2012 while Rohit Sharma's most recent domestic red-ball game was in the 2015-16 season.

Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir has left the decision regarding the Test cricket futures of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to the players themselves after Indias

Virat Kohli last played in Ranji Trophy in 2012, while Rohit Sharma has not featured in the tournament in the last nine years

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's Test future is now in the hands of selectors, said former India captain Sunil Gavaskar while advocating an honest deep-dive into the team's downward spiral in the last six months.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli scored a cumulative 221 runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, which India lost 1-3 recently in Australia.