In the last few days, as much discussion has taken place among the Indian cricket media, experts and fans regarding the team selection for next year’s T20 World Cup, not even half of it has been discussed about Team India’s defeat in the World Cup final. There is a big reason for this – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Will both the players play in T20 World Cup 2024? It is believed that Rohit will remain the captain but Virat Kohli will not be replaced. There is a lot of debate going on on this issue, but in the meantime, a video of Rohit Sharma is going viral, which makes it seem that Kohli’s future was already decided.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team traveled till the final of the World Cup 2023. Team India had to face defeat in the final. In this entire World Cup, Virat and Rohit scored the most runs. However, the way of scoring runs of both was completely different. While Rohit batted explosively continuously, Virat Kohli was seen playing the role of anchor while managing the team. Both of them played their respective roles well, due to which the team reached the finals.
Question on Kohli’s place
The title did not come but now the eyes are set on the next opportunity. T20 World Cup is to be played in June 2024. For this, the selection committee and team management have already started preparations. Recently it was discussed in the selection committee meeting. It was claimed in a report that in this meeting, BCCI and the selection committee have agreed to keep Rohit as the captain for the T20 World Cup 2024.
In the same report, it was also told that the selectors can drop Kohli because many young batsmen can prove useful for the team by batting more aggressively. That is, overall, the team is now preparing to leave the role of ‘anchor’ that Kohli used to play in T20 and adopt a modern approach.
Rohit had already decided?
Amidst all this, a video of Rohit, about 9 months old, is going viral, due to which it seems that it has already been decided that Kohli will not play in the World Cup. Actually, this video is from before the IPL 2023 season, where Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma had said that there is no place for the role of anchor in T20 because now this format of cricket has changed. Rohit said that sometimes you need such batting, which anyone can do.
There is no role for Anchor anymore in T20 Cricket unless you are 20/3 or 20/4 and its not gonna happen everyday, If you Don’t change your mindset you are gonna get Smashed: Rohit Sharma pic.twitter.com/95cTBFNM6h
— ٰImran Siddique (@imransiddique89) December 2, 2023
He had said that other teams are changing their game and in such a situation, if someone does not change his mindset then his defeat is certain. He had said that one can play one’s role even after scoring 30 runs in 10 balls. Now this statement of Rohit shows that if he remains the captain and his opinion is taken in the selection, then it will be difficult to find a place for a batsman like Virat Kohli.
