The Indian team stalwart, Rohit Sharma, declared his retirement from Test cricket in the middle of IPL 2025. The 38-year-old batter took to his Instagram handle and shared his retirement news. During his tenure, Rohit led the Indian Test team from 2022 to 2024 and was one of the most experienced players in the team.

Just after Rohit’s retirement, the cricketing world witnessed a massive debate as to who would be India’s next captain. The likes of KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah were in the race, but then keeping them all aside, the BCCI appointed Shubman Gill as the new skipper. Gill will start his captaincy duty in the upcoming five-match Test series against England, starting from June 20.

Here’s Why KL Rahul Did Not Become India’s Test Captain

Former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta has highlighted the issue and revealed why KL Rahul did not become the Test captain.

As of now, KL Rahul has played in 58 Test matches, where he has collected 3257 runs at an average of 33.57. The Karnataka-based batter has also smashed eight centuries and 17 fifties in the red ball format. In the recently passed series against Australia, he started the proceedings in four Tests and scored 276 runs, including best knocks of 77 in Perth and 84 in Brisbane.