Former Australia captain and batting legend Ricky Ponting is surprised to hear "opting out" as the reason being given by the Indian camp for captain Rohit Sharma not part of the playing eleven in the series-deciding fifth Test against Australia in Sydney, which began on Friday.
The out-of-form Rohit, who has scored just 31 runs in five innings of this Border Gavaskar Trophy, was replaced by Shubman Gill while Jasprit Bumrah captained the side.
