- Team India’s captain Rohit Sharma has turned 37. Under his captaincy, India had to face defeat in the Test series against New Zealand and Australia. But, now he will say goodbye to captaincy after this tournament…
Rohit Sharma: Team India played a 3-match Test series against New Zealand last year. In which they had to face a clean sweep at home after 24 years. At the same time, a 5-match Border Gavaskar Trophy was played against Australia. In which India lost the series 1-3 after 10 years. Captain Rohit Sharma was considered the biggest villain for the defeat in both these Test series. Because, along with poor captaincy, he was also ineffective in batting. After this, the demand to take away the captaincy from him had gained momentum. At the same time, such information is coming out that for how long he is going to captain Team India.
Rohit Sharma can only captain for this much longer
Rohit Sharma is playing cricket in the last tour of his career. The kind of form he is in at the age of 37. He will not be able to play much cricket in the coming days. Because, Hitman was disappointed with the bat against Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Australia. In the Ranji Trophy too, he got out cheaply after scoring 3 runs against Jammu and Kashmir. On the other hand, there is a demand to strip him of the captaincy. India may have won the T20 World Cup 2024 title under his captaincy.
But, the defeat in the WTC final in 2023 and the ODI World Cup 2023 final cannot be ignored. Now, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India is going to Dubai to participate in the ICC Champions Trophy. If sources are to be believed, this tournament may be Rohit Sharma’s last as captain. He may leave the captaincy after the Champions Trophy. In such a situation, India may get a new captain in ODIs. Full speculations are being made about this right now.
May retire after the England Test series
Rohit Sharma had announced his retirement from T20 last year. He can say goodbye to ODI captaincy after Champions Trophy 2025. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma will only have Test captaincy. But, he cannot remain in this format for long. Because runs are not coming from his bat in Tests.
His performance against Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Australia has been quite disappointing in the past. In such a situation, the selectors cannot give him much chance. According to media reports, a 5-match Test series is to be played against England. In this series, BCCI can make a plan to bid farewell to Rohit Sharma with full respect by playing a farewell match to him.