New Delhi: Days after suffering a heartbreaking loss against the Australian cricket team in the finals of ICC World Cup 2023, Indian cricket has finally started to take steps for their upcoming future.
As the first step of rebuilding the structure for the next World Cup in 2027, BCCI officials, including the chief selector Ajit Agarkar are scheduled to have a meeting in the upcoming days to decide the white ball cricket future of the current captain Rohit Sharma, moving forward.
The Pain is same🥺 but
We love you #TeamIndia 💞❤️🫂#BCCI #RohitSharma #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/AZmuOEDHLB— 𝓜𝓪𝓝𝓝𝔂 (@its_manny_12_12) November 21, 2023
As per the reports, Rohit Sharma has already given his consent on not being considered in the T20Is as BCCI wants to invest in young blood more.
However, with Rohit getting replaced BCCI will also have to find a long-term captain to replace Rohit also.
Hardik Pandya, who was reportedly considered as the top prospect for the job, is now under scrutiny for being injury-prone.
Not much ODI for next year
Rohit Sharma, who will be almost 40 years old by the time the next ODI World Cup arrives in 2027, will have to take a serious stand, as soon as possible, because the team is only scheduled to play 6 ODI matches in the upcoming 12 months’ time.
The BCCI will soon have a meeting with captain Rohit Sharma 👀🇮🇳
Do you think he should be a part of the 2024 T20 World Cup squad? 🤔#T20WorldCup #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/C3Osi0FYy9
— 12th Khiladi (@12th_khiladi) November 22, 2023
Rohit is keen to focus on test cricket and the World Test Championship moving forward and will have to find answers for his availability and agreement of terms with BCCI before the meeting takes place.
However, ICC World Cup 2027, is not the next big ODI tournament that India is slated to play, as they will also be playing the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan, in 2025.
The discussion was before the World Cup
According to a source from BCCI, the talks about Rohit’s white ball future were on, before the start of the ODI World Cup 2023 itself.
We have to wait for the next 10 days, every picture will be cleared.
Just want to say that Rohit Sharma is not going anywhere from Test till 2025 WTC and’ll most probably play the CT too.
T20I is his own decision now, whether he wants to continue or not. Wait for next 10 days. pic.twitter.com/oFZYTDoKuq
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) November 22, 2023
According to the source, BCCI is keen to invest in youth for the upcoming T20I World Cup in June 2024, and Rohit has given his consent to BCCI for the same, he also stated that Rohit wants to stay with the test team till at least 2025 so that he can help the youngsters to take charge going forward in the longest format.
Rohit Sharma stats
Rohit Sharma in ODI –
• Before the World Cup – 10th ranked.
• After the World Cup – 4th ranked.• Before the World Cup – 695 ratings.
• After the World Cup – 769 ratings.Hitman at 36, is proving that age is just a number. The GOAT. pic.twitter.com/rlAITLJmEU
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) November 22, 2023
Rohit Sharma has some very impressive stats in white-ball cricket as he has scored 10,709 runs in 262 ODIs with an average of 49.12, and has got 31 centuries and 55 half-centuries, while in the T20Is he has, 3853 runs in 148 matches with an average of 31.32, and has 4 centuries and 29 half-centuries under his name.
