Batting great Sunil Gavaskar spoke about the future of Indian captaincy Rohit Sharma In tests. He asked Rohit whether he would give a player like him another chance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
Since the last few months, Rohit Sharma’s Test career has witnessed a massive decline. This is because the Indian National Cricket Team captain t failedhe torched the stage and struggled to even reach double figures, which says a lot about his poor form.
Rohit Sharma ruled out of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
Rohit also missed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The Indian National Cricket Team captain looked nervous with the bat ever since he joined the team in the second match. series in Adelaide. He batted in the middle order for two games but failed and then moved up.
After that, in the fourth Test, he opened the innings but the same fate followed. This eventually led to Indian National Cricket Team captain Rohit calling the team to release himself for the final match of the series. In Counter Tests Australiahe scored just 31 runs at an average of 6.20.
Would he give another chance to the player who performed like this? – Sunil Gavaskar on Rohit Sharma
Sunil Gavaskar spoke about the situation with Rohit Sharma and said that if the selectors want to give the captain another chance because of what he has done, it will be something else. But he questioned whether another player would receive the same treatment. He said the following in his statement to “Star Sports”:
“If he was a selector, you don’t have a vote as a captain, but if you were an elected member of the selection committee, would you give a player who performed like that another chance? Would you give a player like that another chance, then it’s different.”
If another player had failed so much, had three Test matches against New Zealand and three Test matches here and you said you wanted to pick him, that’s different, or it’s all clear in front of the selection committee.”
The second thing is age – Sunil Gavaskar is not sure if Rohit Sharma will play till 2027.
He also drew attention to Sunil Gavaskar, Rohit Sharma and the age factor of the players Virat Kohli let it not go their way. He believes that if the seniors are not fit for the next WTC final, they should not be playing in England. He added:
“The second thing is age. It’s different if someone is 25 or 26. Whatever I’ve said before, it’s not about Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli or (Ravichandran) Ashwin; I’m saying the next Test World Cup. It’s going to be a series in England .
Then the final is two years from now in June 2027, will all these players be ready for it? By available I mean whether they are playable or not performance wise. If not, I’d say start again from the England series.”
