Once Rohit was done with his training, he along with Bumrah and Agarkar left the nets but Gambhir stayed back. It is learnt that during this meeting after training it was decided that Rohit Sharma would be 'rested', which in Indian cricket parlance means “dropped by intimation”.

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Rohit Sharma's place in the Indian team was up for debate more than ever post his failure in the Melbourne Test against Australia. It is understood now that the selectors told him about their future plans post which Rohit decided to opt out of the Sydney Test.