Rohit Sharma announces retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect

Indian cricketing great Rohit Sharma on Wednesday announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect ending all speculation about his future in the game's longest format.

The 38-year-old was India's most prolific Test batter in the second half of his career, scoring 4,301 runs in 67 Tests with 12 hundreds and 18 half-centuries at an average of 40.57.

Rohit captained India to the World Test Championship final against Australia and — save the last couple of indifferent series — against New Zealand at home and the Border-Gavaskar series against Australia.

India will have a new Test captain for the five-Test series in England with possible candidates being Jasprit Bumrah, K.L. Rahul, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant.

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