Rohit Sharma Odie Captaincy: Indian team was announced for the tour of Australia. Rohit Sharma has not been given captaincy. Shubman Gill will be the captain of Team India in his place. Here we will tell you 3 reasons why this has happened to them?
Team India Squad for Australia Tour: Team India’s Australia tour is going to start from October 19. Three ODIs and five T20 International Series will be played on this tour. The BCCI has also announced the squad of Team India. Shubman Gill has been given the responsibility of captaincy, while Jaspreet Bumrah has got rest for the ODI series. Rohit Sharma and Virat will be seen playing together after 7 months. But the most shocking thing in this party is that Hitman Rohit Sharma will not be seen playing as captain. He has got a place in the team as a batsman.
Rohit Sharma will be seen playing for Team India as a batsman
Rohit Sharma last played as a batsman for India in 2021. Now this will happen after 4 years when the hitman is not the captain of the team, but will be seen playing in playing 11. In such a situation, the fans are desperate to know why the captaincy has been taken away from them. Let us tell you the three major reasons behind it…
Giving Shubman Gill as a young captain
Rohit Sharma is now standing at the last stop of his career. He has retired first from Test cricket and T20 International. Now only he is playing ODI format. In such a situation, the BCCI management wants to give Shubman Gill a chance as a young captain in his place, so that he is prepared as the captain of Team India for a long time. Gill is an emerging young player of the Indian team. Apart from this, he is also a Test captain.
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Preparations for the year 2027 ODI World Cup
Apart from this, the Indian team will start preparing for the tour of Australia as well as the ICC ODI World Cup to be held in the year 2027. Now there is no guarantee, how long Rohit Sharma will be associated with Team India. In such a situation, the management will try to prepare well for this big event, giving young players a chance. Rohit will have to wait for 2 years to play the next World Cup.
Questions also about Rohit Sharma’s fitness
Born on 30 April 1987, Rohit Sharma is 38 years old. In such a situation, he will be 40 years old while playing the next World Cup. His fitness will be a big challenge at that time. There will also be complete eyes on this. Now in such a situation, BCCI must be considering giving a chance to young batsmen in the team instead of Rohit. This is the reason that Yashasvi Jaiswal has been kept in the squad even on Australia tour.
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