‘You can’t be complacent or chill out’: Former Australian captain on Rohit Sharma wanting to play on for India | Cricket News

Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh has suggested Indian captain Rohit Sharma to mirror on his future in cricket, notably concerning his management function forward of India’s upcoming Test collection towards England in June. Waugh emphasised that Rohit, who turns 38 this month, should make his personal choice about persevering with as captain whereas additionally expressing considerations about defending Test cricket amid the rising reputation of T20 leagues.
Waugh believes the choice about main India should come from Rohit himself, particularly contemplating his current efficiency struggles.
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“It is totally up to him. He is the only one who can solve that problem. He has got to look himself in the mirror and say, do I still want to be captain or play for India? Am I committed?” Waugh, a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy, stated.
“Am I putting enough time and effort into it? It is a privilege and an honour to play for your country. You can’t be complacent or relax,” he added.

Rohit’s current kind has been regarding, with poor performances in Test collection towards Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Australia. He notably opted out of the Sydney Test due to poor kind throughout India’s 1-3 collection loss earlier this 12 months within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Waugh additionally addressed the way forward for Test cricket, stressing on its significance regardless of T20’s rising reputation.
“There is stress on Test cricket, whether it will survive because we need it as a sport. T20 cricket is amazing, great for players and spectators and great for sponsors but I still think Test cricket is the very essence of cricket. The players I believe still want to play Tests to see how good they can actually be. It’s the ultimate contest. Making sure that it survives and thrives and is healthy is really important,” Waugh defined.

Regarding criticism about South Africa’s World Test Championship qualification regardless of enjoying fewer matches, Waugh defended the present system.
“There’s always complaints. In Champions Trophy, India played a neutral ground in Dubai and people complained about that. You have to do what you can to make things happen. It’s not a perfect situation. Some countries play a lot of Test matches, some don’t play many. South Africa probably didn’t play as many as other countries. They were pretty successful in what they did. I believe the two best Test playing countries are lining up in the final,” he acknowledged.
Waugh opposed the proposed two-tier system for Test cricket.

“I don’t like two tier, It weakens whoever’s in the second tier not playing vs strong sides, they’re not going to be able to improve and get better. The top sides will keep getting better and stronger and it’ll just separate world cricket into teams that are top level and other teams that are okay and we want to develop the other teams right now,” he remarked.
“Test cricket is pretty strong actually, it’s probably seven or eight sides capable of beating each other and that hasn’t been the case for few years so I actually think Test cricket is going okay right now,” Waugh stated.
On the suggestion of bonus factors for away wins within the 2025-27 WTC cycle, Waugh disagreed.
“That’s all subjective. How do you say who’s a stronger team? I think the current system is pretty good. At end of the day, you’ve got to be consistent, you’ve got to win both away and at home,” he commented.