Leaving out a player is hard enough, but to take a call to leave oneself out has to be…

India captain Rohit Sharma at net practice ahead of the fifth Test against Australia in Sydney on Thursday. Pic/Getty Images

Rohit Sharma has many firsts to his name. First to get past 250 and bat all 50 overs of a one day international being the best of them all. In Sydney, he also became the first India captain to drop himself from the playing XI in a match. This has to be one of the bravest decisions taken by any cricketer, especially the captain. Leaving out a player from the team is hard enough, but to take the call to leave oneself out has to be the bravest.

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