The Board of Management for Cricket in India is ready to debate Rohit Sharma‘s future as ODI captain on October 4 throughout their squad choice assembly for the upcoming white-ball collection towards Australia. Rohit has already retired from T20Is and Exams.
One of many central themes of the assembly is ready to be Rohit’s long-term future within the 50-over setup: each as captain and participant. It’s understood, as per Cricbuzz, that the choice committee additionally plan on addressing the subject with Rohit on an in-person foundation. Rohit not too long ago cleared his health take a look at on the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru a couple of weeks again.
Rohit, who’s already 38, will likely be 40 by the point the World Cup in South Africa is performed in 2027. Age appears to be an element which the BCCI will contemplate and it stays to be seen whether or not or not Rohit will keep within the administration’s plans at the same time as a participant, not to mention the captain.
In the meantime, many of the gamers from the 2025 Champions Trophy-winning squad are anticipated to be picked for the ODI leg of the collection, together with the likes of Rohit and Virat Kohli. This additionally implies that Shreyas Iyer is prone to retain his place within the 50-over unit.
Nonetheless, the query which stays is whether or not Iyer will return to the T20I facet as nicely. Because the selectors can choose greater than 15 gamers for bilateral collection not like main tournaments, there ought to be locations for Iyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal. For the unversed, each of them couldn’t make it to the Asia Cup 2025 squad.
India will play three ODIs adopted by 5 T20Is towards Australia Down Beneath. The limited-overs collection is scheduled to get underway on Sunday, October 19, on the Perth Stadium. Australia have but not introduced their squad too.
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