'I still don't get it': Rohit Sharma's cryptic post keeps fans guessing - See pic

NEW DELHI: India’s ODI skipper Rohit Sharma sparked curiosity among fans connected Wednesday with a cryptic Instagram story. He shared a representation featuring immoderate toys and captioned it: "My girls tried explaining these to me, I inactive don't get it.

"This comes soon aft Rohit announced his status from Test cricket successful May, putting an extremity to wide speculation astir his aboriginal successful the longest format of the game.

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The 38-year-old had a highly impactful 2nd fractional of his Test career, amassing 4,301 runs successful 67 matches, including 12 centuries and 18 fifties, astatine an mean of 40.57.Rohit had led India to the World Test Championship last against Australia and had been astatine the helm during respective cardinal bid — barring the caller inconsistent outings against New Zealand astatine location and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.Despite stepping distant from the Test format, Rohit volition proceed to correspond India successful ODIs.

“It’s been an implicit grant to correspond my state successful whites,” helium shared successful an affectional Instagram post. “Thank you for each the emotion and enactment implicit the years.”Rohit's signifier had dipped during the 2024–25 season, wherever helium managed an mean of conscionable 10.93 successful 11 innings crossed 8 Tests. Overall, helium concluded his Test vocation with 4,301 runs successful 67 matches, maintaining an mean of 40.57 and notching up 12 hundreds.

He took implicit the Test captaincy from Virat Kohli successful March 2022 and during his tenure led India to 12 wins, 9 losses, and 3 draws. As skipper, helium besides scored 1,254 runs.

His tenure, however, ended with 2 back-to-back bid defeats — a historical 3-0 nonaccomplishment to New Zealand astatine location and a 4-1 decision successful Australia, which outgo India a spot successful the 2025 World Test Championship final.On the brighter side, Rohit had precocious led India to large titles — the 2025 ODI Champions Trophy and the 2024 T20 World Cup — earlier retiring from T20Is arsenic well.Shubman Gill has since been named the caller Test captain, taking implicit the reins from Rohit.