Michael Atherton has claimed that Rohit Sharma's Test retirement didn't come as a surprise as the 38-year-old's form was dwindling and India weren't performing well under his captaincy.

Hundreds scored by Rohit Sharma in Tests, each coming in a win. No other player has ten or more hundreds in this format, with all coming in wins. Warwick Armstrong (6) and Darren Lehmann (5) are the other players with five or more Test centuries,

One of India’s greatest stylish batsmen and a former Test captain, Rohit Sharma, has retired from red-ball cricket. The news arrived quietly but has gained attention around the cricketing world. A little over a month before India’s crucial five-Test series against England,