I stood down: Rohit Sharma breaks silence on missing Sydney Test

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India captain Rohit Sharma has broken his silence on missing the Sydney Test and claimed that he stood down from the team.

Rohit has struggled since joining the team since the 2nd match of the series and his form had come under the radar.

Fans and pundits had scrutinised the form of the skipper as India were left trailing 1-2 heading into the 5th Test.

"It's not any of the three (laughs.) I stood down. I will say one thing and it will have 50 interpretations. I had a chat with the coach and the selector was very simple. I am not making runs at the moment. I am not in form and it's an important game. We need an in-form player. Our batting order isn't in form at the moment. So out of form players can't carry the team at the moment. So this was the simple thing in my mind. It was my understanding that I should tell the coach and the selector and they backed my call," said Rohit.

Rohit was replaced in the playing XI by Shubman Gill for the match.