Former Australian speedster Brett Lee reckons it would be difficult for Rohit Sharma to make a solid comeback into Test cricket after his low returns on the Australian tour in the Border-Gavaskar trophy. Rohit could only manage 31 runs in five innings at an average of 6.20 against the Aussies.

Lee has predicted that we won’t see Rohit Sharma in Test cricket again after he had a dismal tour of Australia. Rohit decided to opt out of the Sydney Test because of poor form and revealed that he has no plans of retiring from the format. Recently, Rohit was seen practicing with the Mumbai team for the Ranji Trophy. 

Brett Lee said on his YouTube Channel, “Is that the end of Kohli? Is that the end of Rohit Sharma? I think with Rohit Sharma, probably in Test cricket, yes, I would say that It’s very hard for him to fight back now for that position back in the team after what we saw throughout the other series, he failed to score against Australia. A bit like we saw with Virat Kohli, they had some really good plans to Rohit Sharma. So, I think, unfortunately for Rohit Sharma, we won’t see him in Test cricket ever again.”

Lee feels Rohit wasn’t mentally prepared for the tour and his shot selection wasn’t the best.

For Rohit Sharma, it was a different story. I actually think he probably got to the stage where it got the better of him. Playing shots that are very uncharacteristic like, trying to turn balls on the leg side when he wasn’t waiting for the ball, maybe his mind was somewhere else. But, unfortunately for Rohit Sharma, he couldn’t get the runs that he wanted to on this tour and then he had a stand down in the fifth Test.

“So, look as a great player, I think everything must come to an end at some stage but it’s unfortunate that Rohit Sharma didn’t get the chance to get away on the Australian soil anyway on his own terms. Would’ve loved for him to put up his hand, maybe it’s in Adelaide, let’s say, ‘This will be my last game if I miss out and I am happy to miss Sydney.’ but as a spectator, as a lover of the game getting that opportunity to celebrate Rohit Sharma and as a I mentioned before probably the last time that we see him in Test arena,” Lee added.

Lee added that he was shocked to see Rohit Sharma opt out of the fifth Test match and felt it wasn’t the right call.

“In terms of Rohit Sharma, I was shocked to see him lead himself out of the fifth Test. Wasn’t the right call, look at probably was but it’s really hard for a captain to stand down from playing in a Test match where everything is on the line.

“So, I thought he might have gave himself one more chance or one more opportunity but credit to him, he always put the team first. He did that,” he added.

Rohit will be seen leading the team in the upcoming Champions Trophy.