Gautam Gambhir speaks to Rohit Sharma (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
Ab toh discontinue ho gaya. Gautam Gambhir’s quip connected The Kapil Sharma Show astir Rohit Sharma’s Test status is going viral.
When Rishabh Pant was asked who bosses astir successful the Indian dressing country similar a ‘Jethani’, helium instantly named Rohit, saying,
“Rohit bhai is similar that.
Rohit bhai comes connected strong.”
Gambhir, sitting beside Pant, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Abhishek Sharma, burst into laughter and fired back, “Ab toh discontinue ho gaya. Haan haan, abhi naam le lo!” The full assemblage cracked up too, and Pant conscionable smiled.
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Rohit announced his Test status connected May 7 aft months of speculation. At 38, his exit didn’t truly daze galore aft a hard Australia tour, but it did adjacent a large section for Indian cricket. He leaves down a coagulated bequest successful whites: 67 Tests, 4301 runs, a steadfast mean of 40.6, 12 centuries, and 18 fifties with a career-best 212 that fans inactive remember.
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Even though the squad has moved connected nether caller skipper Shubman Gill, Rohit’s larger-than-life persona inactive pops up successful dressing-room jokes and TV banter. Gambhir’s crisp enactment summed it up best: Ab toh discontinue ho gaya! Meanwhile, retired connected the field, India stayed successful power of the 2nd Test astatine Edgbaston acknowledgment to Mohammed Siraj’s fiery six-wicket haul. After Jamie Smith and Harry Brook’s monolithic 303-run basal tested them, Siraj’s strikes enactment India backmost connected top. At stumps, Gill’s broadside held a beardown presumption heading into a important Day 4.