India, May 16 -- While the cricketing world continues to recover from Virat Kohli's unexpected retirement from Test cricket, Rohit Sharma's decision to take the same call is also baffling to most. Rohit, 38, was all set to captain India in England for the five-Test series, as revealed during his chat with Michael Clarke on the former Australia captain's podcast. Rohit wished to have his best players fit and ready, and laid out his own expectations, which were more than enough to clarify that India were heading to the UK with the same captain.

However, something happened on the evening of May 7, when, reportedly, the chairman of selectors, Ajit Agarkar, spoke to Rohit. What happened during the meeting is confidential information, but the ...