The middle-order batter in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy, Rohit Sharma, got himself promoted to the opening slot, axing KL Rahul to the one-down position. However, the scenario was nothing hopeful as Sharma left for 3 off 5 balls as India lost an early wicket. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is gone for just three runs! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/m1fLiqKLO7 — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2024 Rohit Sharma, since his comeback after the paternal leave, had no say for KL's opening slot, but fans and critics are constantly trying to drag him to the top. Earlier, during the toss, he clarified that he would come at the top, but if it was to open or not, was still uncertain. There were speculations that Rohit may come one down without hampering KL's position. However, it happened what people wanted, but the moment he shattered, the outcry for his retirement burst out—the unreal transition from "god" to "dog." However, since day's start, Sharma has been heavily criticized—for a "bizzare" team set up as Sanjay Manjrekar did for getting in Washington Sundar and not Harshit Rana, while Adam Gilchrist jokingly trolled India's fielding effort. And when it came to his dismissal, it added more flavor to those criticisms. A total mistimed shot to a likely short ball from Pat Cummins, he left scoring just 3! Read also: Virat Kohli's Hilarious Reply to the Australian Crowd Is India clueless? Let's look at Australia. The team had two changes: one was a helpless substitute as Josh Hazlewood is injured, and a change at the top getting Sam Konstas in. Now come to India; every match they are walking in with a different playing XI. If not clueless on the field, they are clueless with the combination barring to have a desperate try to fit in a few big names. It has been Jasprit Bumrah alone, standing tall against Australia, with some regular support from KL Rahul, the one who got axed from his position—the curse for being flexible. An outside edge ball that got dropped in the slips, except that the bloke was flawless for the 41 balls he faces unless he got an absolute jaffa in the 42nd. An unplayable good-length ball angling inside broke into Rahul's defence; even Rahul knew he had nothing to do with the delivery. Sunil Gavaskar in the Tea break gave a view—India lost an unnecessary wicket for Rohit, and it would have been 51 for 1 wicket if it were just Rahul. ABSOLUTE SEED FROM CUMMINS! #AUSvIND | #DeliveredWithSpeed | @nbn_australia pic.twitter.com/zvzvkDyAnb — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2024 Nevermind, its now the fans out there demanding Rohit Sharma's retirement from Test after crying for him to open, making "retire" a trend on X. If they are having a wrong demand, it is still questionable, keeping in mind the well-known dialogue that "form is temporary." But if looked into the stats, in the last 14 innings, the player Rohit Sharma has accumulated 155 runs. His last 14-inning score looks like this: 6, 5, 23, 8, 2, 52, 0, 8, 18, 11, 3, 6, 10, 3.