- After losing the captaincy in the Sydney Test, now Rohit Sharma can be stripped of the captaincy in ODIs as well. BCCI can hand over the captaincy to this Indian player, who is considered to be Rohit’s biggest enemy, in place of him.
Rohit Sharma: Nothing is going well for Indian team captain Rohit Sharma at the moment. After being dropped in the Sydney Test, he became the first Indian captain to be shown the way out of the team, and now his ODI captaincy also seems to be taken away.
BCCI can hand over the captaincy of the ODI team to a player who is considered to be the biggest enemy of captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma went to Australia as captain but due to his poor captaincy and not scoring runs with the bat, the captain was shown the way out of the Sydney Test. Now he can be shown the way out of ODIs as well.
Rohit’s enemy will take over the captaincy
37-year-old captain Rohit Sharma’s captaincy is also in danger after his poor form. He has already been dropped from the Test team and Indian fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah has been made the captain in his place. Now Rohit Sharma may also lose the ODI captaincy.
According to media reports, BCCI can appoint Hardik Pandya as the captain in ODIs in place of Rohit. Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya is considered to be Rohit’s biggest enemy. Hardik has earlier snatched the captaincy of Mumbai Indians from Rohit Sharma. Rohit had to lose the captaincy after Pandya came to Mumbai.
Hardik has snatched the captaincy of Mumbai
The Indian all-rounder played under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma for Mumbai Indians from 2015 to 2021, after which he was released before the mega auction. Hardik then moved to Gujarat Titans and took over the captaincy in 2022 and the very first season, he played an important role in helping the team win the title.
After this, in 2023 also, Gujarat reached the final under the captaincy of Hardik but could not win the title. Hardik had decided to return to the Mumbai camp after playing two seasons for Gujarat, but his condition was that he would become the captain of the team, to which the Mumbai management agreed.
In the year 2024, Hardik Pandya was seen captaining Mumbai Indians and Rohit Sharma was playing as a batsman under his captaincy. It is believed that Hardik Pandya had snatched the captaincy of Mumbai Indians from Rohit.
Rohit will remain the captain till the Champions Trophy!
India has to play Champions Trophy 2025 hosted by Pakistan. In this mega tournament, BCCI will hand over the command of the team to Rohit Sharma, but if India fails to win the title under Rohit’s captaincy, then he can hand over the command to Hardik Pandya as the future captain. Captain Rohit Sharma’s future is also going to be decided in the Champions Trophy, if he does not score runs in it, then he can be dropped from the team and young players can be given opportunities in his place.
