Rohit Sharma’s captaincy period got here to an finish when the BCCI named Shubman Gill India’s subsequent ODI captain forward of the Australia white-ball collection. Rohit has given his first response forward of the collection and after the captaincy snub.
Forward of India’s upcoming ODI collection after the change in guards within the 50-over setup, Rohit Sharma has given his first response.
Rohit’s captaincy got here to an finish when the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming ODI collection towards Australia, naming Shubman Gill as their subsequent ODI skipper.
India’s chief selector Ajit Agarkar opened up on the rationale of fixing the captain regardless of Rohit main India to the Champions Trophy 2025 win.
“It is virtually unattainable to have three totally different captains for 3 codecs by way of planning. You’ve obtained to start out planning. You additionally play it [ODIs] the least. We’re two years away [2027 World Cup]. We don’t play as many video games. It’s a little bit of a problem with one-day cricket. The main focus has been on the T20 World Cup. We are going to certainly begin planning for the ODI World Cup. It provides the subsequent man sufficient time,” Agarkar stated throughout a media briefing shortly after India’s squad for the Australia collection was introduced.
In the meantime, Rohit has now given his first response forward of the collection and after the captaincy snub. “I really like taking part in towards Australia, love going there, individuals in Australia love cricket quite a bit,” Rohit stated on the sidelines of the CEAT Cricket Score Awards.
Earlier than taking the ODI captaincy, Gill had additionally taken the Take a look at captaincy from Rohit, who retired from the longest format in Could.
Talking on getting the management, Gill stated that it’s a proud second to steer the nationwide aspect within the 50-over format. “It’s the largest honour to have the ability to lead your nation within the ODIs. To have the ability to lead a aspect that has completed so nicely it’s immense pleasure for me. I hope I’ll be capable to do nice,” Gill stated within the video posted by the BCCI.
The 26-year-old highlighted that the ‘final aim’ is the ODI World Cup 2027 and the staff must work within the ODIs lined up forward.
“We’ve got about 20 ODIs earlier than we play the World Cup in South Africa, which is clearly the final word aim. All the things that we play and all of the gamers that we play, they will attempt their finest to have an excellent season earlier than we get to the World Cup. Hopefully, we can be prepared earlier than we go to South Africa and win the title,” he added.
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