Rohit Sharma has resumed coaching after returning to India. He shared a photograph of himself within the health club alongside former India batting coach Abhishek Nayar. After a short break from cricket, he has shifted focus again on coaching to regain health forward of the Australia ODIs in October. The 38-year-old introduced his retirement from Check cricket in the course of IPL 2025 forward of the England tour. The choice got here as a shock to many, as just a few days later, Virat Kohli additionally bid adieu to the format.
The final time he performed for India was within the Champions Trophy, the place he led the Males in Blue to the title triumph with a win over New Zealand within the closing. In the meantime, he has not formally stepped down from the ODI captaincy place, however speculations are rife that the BCCI would possibly give him the massive accountability to Shubman Gill, who lately took over the cost of the Check group.
In the meantime, a report in Dainik Jagran claims that Rohit may quickly name time on his ODI profession as effectively. With the Bangladesh sequence in August now cancelled, India’s subsequent 50-over outing might be an away sequence in opposition to Australia from October 19 to 25. The publication additional reported that each Rohit and Virat Kohli might deliver the curtains down on their ODI journeys after the Australia tour. Nonetheless, Rohit’s return to coaching suggests he has no intention of stepping away from the 50-over format anytime quickly.
Rohit went on a break within the UK along with his household after the completion of the IPL, the place he additionally went to look at the fifth Check between India and England on the Oval, London. He lately returned to India and, a few days later, was noticed in a Mumbai health club, resuming his coaching with Nayar.
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Off the sphere, Rohit and Nayar share a long-standing bond that has stood the check of time. The previous India coach has been a relentless supply of help for Rohit, particularly throughout difficult phases in his profession. After being neglected of the 2011 ODI World Cup squad, Rohit turned to Nayar for steerage, and even as we speak, he continues to coach with him to sharpen his expertise and keep peak health. Within the 2025 IPL, Rohit endured a gradual begin however bounced again strongly, later crediting Nayar for his resurgence in a heartfelt social media put up.
Nayar, who was eliminated because the Indian males’s group assistant coach lately, lower than a yr into the job, lately joined UPW after the franchise parted methods with Jon Lewis, who had been answerable for the group for the final three seasons. The previous Indian cricketer additionally re-joined the KKR camp in the course of IPL 2025 after getting sacked by the BCCI.
