The indian cricket team currently has different captains in all three formats. After Rohit Sharma's retirement from Tests, the bcci appointed Shubman Gill as the new captain, who will now play a 5-match Test series in England. suryakumar yadav is the captain in t20, although Rohit is the captain in ODIs right now. But a report revealed that the board felt that Rohit would retire himself after the Champions Trophy, but this did not happen.
BCCI's planning in the ODI format will be done keeping the 2027 world cup in mind. rohit sharma announced his retirement from the shortest format of cricket after winning the t20 world cup title. Under his captaincy, india won the Champions Trophy title this year, although he did not retire. But after this he has said goodbye to Tests.
rohit sharma will be 40 years old in 2027, so the question is whether his fitness and form will be such at that time that he can make a place in the squad. Meanwhile, a report revealed that the bcci is considering a new ODI captain.
Who will be the ODI captain after Rohit Sharma?
According to the report, the selection committee headed by Ajit Agarkar is considering giving the captaincy of the ODI team to Shubman Gill. If this happens, Gill will become the captain of the team in two formats (ODI and Test). It is not yet decided when Gill will be made the ODI captain. Before this, it will be seen how the workload of the players playing all three formats is managed before the 2026 t20 World Cup. The report said that most former cricketers are in favor of making shreyas iyer the ODI captain.
Was bcci expecting Rohit Sharma's retirement?
The Hindustan Times report said that cricket in india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>the board of control for cricket in india was hoping that after winning the Champions Trophy, 38-year-old rohit sharma would retire from the ODI format. But there was no discussion of bcci with him on this. The report quoted a bcci official as saying, "There was no discussion between Rohit and the selectors about his ODI future, but most of us felt that he wanted to move away from the format after winning the Champions Trophy."
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