'Happy retirement Rohit Sharma' - Fans mercilessly troll Indian skipper as Indian Cricket Board makes Yo-Yo test as part of selection criteria

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has fallen once again on the receiving end of the trolls on the social media platform, Twitter. It all happened after a decision came from the Indian cricket Board that the Yo-Yo Test will be mandatorily a part of the selection criteria for the players to fix their spots in the squad.

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“The Yo-Yo Test and Dexa will now be part of selection criteria and implemented in the customized roadmaps of the central pool of players,” reads the official statement released by the Indian cricket Board in the aftermath of the review meeting of Team India.

The meeting included President Roger Binny, Secretary Jay Shah, national team skipper Rohit Sharma, head coach Rahul Dravid, and NCA head VVS Laxman.

Coming back to the Yo-Yo Test being made compulsory by the Board, the fans took it as an opportunity to troll the current Indian skipper and veteran batter, Rohit Sharma. They took to Twitter to take a dig at the 35-year-old and also assumed that his international career also over as he could not pass the Yo-Yo fitness Test.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Rohit being cooked😭😭

— Born Sinner (@justkholii__) January 1, 2023

Thank You Rohit Sharma for your incredible career pic.twitter.com/UoqwIukTR1

— Ratnadeep (@_ratna_deep) January 1, 2023

So it wasn’t before even under Kohli?

— Not a Big Bren intellectual (@Bilkl_ricks_nai) January 1, 2023

BC fir isse pahle shaw ko select kis basis pe nahi kar rahe the 😳

— Ankit Pandey (@chatmankit) January 1, 2023

Thank you Rohit Sharma

We will miss you! pic.twitter.com/VOt6JqtN1F

— S. (@Kohlis_Era) January 1, 2023

Rohit career in danger

— junaiz. (@dhillow_) January 1, 2023

So it means rohit sharma is sacked from white ball captiancy ?

— A (@aryaan__18) January 1, 2023

Doctor Rohit Sharma will clear easily

— 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦. (@RoFiedAsim) January 1, 2023

Rohit was a great servant of Indian cricket. He had a good 15 year career. Happy retirement Rohit.

— 🐲 (@COVERDRlVE) January 1, 2023

Thank you rohit for your contributions to the team

We will now be better off without you 🥹🥹

— Himanshu (@khetan200104) January 1, 2023

Happy Retirement Rohit Sharma

— Pandit Jofra Archer (@Punn_dit) January 1, 2023

BCCI should make a rule it's not mandatory for captain and keep Rohit as a captain 😄

— Major0504 (@RBadde) January 1, 2023

Notably, Rohit Sharma is not in action in international cricket since he sustained an injury in his left thumb during the second of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. Although he might be seen in action during the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka followed by the same number of 50-over matches against New Zealand later this month.

In immediate future, the Indian team under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the three-match ODI series starting from the 3^rd of January.

Apart from that, Rohit Sharma’s men will take on Australia in the four-match Test series against Australia next month from the 9^th of February.