Rohit sharma big statement: Indian captain Rohit Sharma has clarified that despite Rishabh Pant’s return to the ODI team, KL Rahul will continue to do wicketkeeping in the ODI series against England and perhaps the Champions Trophy, but the two are a good headache to be together in the team. Rahul has done wicketkeeping for India in the 2023 World Cup in the absence of Rishabh Pant, who was going through rehabilitation after a car accident. Although Rahul played the successful World Cup in 2023, Pant returned to the T20 team for the 2024 T20 World Cup, which India won in Barbados. Rohit clarified on Wednesday (February 5, 2025) that Rahul has performed so much in the ODI format that he is entitled to make a place in the playing XI for the England Series. He said that with the presence of Pant, he gets the option to feed anyone and this is a good headache for him.
See, obviously KL has been wicketkeeping for us in ODI format for the last several years and he has done very well. You know, if you look at the last 10 or 15 ODIs, then it has done exactly what the team needed from him. Rishabh is good, you know, he is in the team. You know, we have the option to play one of them. Both are very capable of winning the match on their own. Therefore, it is a good headache to decide who to play in KL or Rishabh. But obviously, given what we have done in the past, it is also very important for us to maintain continuity. Rohit Sharma said, “Therefore we stand here as a team.”
Regarding the ODI series starting from the first match against England at the VCA Stadium, Rohit admitted that the team has not played too much ODIs last year, but will continue to play aggressive cricket. “There is a certain type of cricket that we want to play, the cricket of a certain brand that we want to play and whether it means that we have to go and do what we did in the World Cup, we will try and do the same . But again, the World Cup was a year and a half ago, so we need to re -organize as a group and think about what we need to do here.
Rohit said, “Obviously there is a lot of experience in the team, so you cannot tell them how to prepare for every series.” They understand what is expected from the team. Therefore, there is not much talk about what kind of attitude we want to adopt. These people know properly what is expected from each of us. So now it is only about coming together because it has been a lot of time playing in this format. Therefore, it is about coming together and trying to do what we had left during the World Cup. If it takes some time. So we know, it is not easy to start what we did in the World Cup. As I said, the World Cup took place a year and a half ago. So we have to try to think what we have to do here now and start afresh. ”
The Indian captain explained the argument behind the inclusion of leg -spinners Varun Chakraborty in the ODI team despite the presence of Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel. “He has certainly shown something different. I think it is in the T20 format, but is clearly different about it. So we just wanted to keep an option and see what we could do with it. Are. It is clearly, during the series it gives us the opportunity to play at a stage and see what he is able to do.
Rohit was asked whether the team management is considering Chakraborty for the Champions Trophy, to which the Indian captain said that at the moment he is not thinking about Chakraborty in the Champions Trophy team, but he is definitely in the claim. He said, “We are not now thinking about whether we will take them or not, but of course they will be in claim. If things are good for us and they do what is necessary, then of course we There is a need to think about it. ”
The Indian captain refused to talk about that if Hardik Pandya gets injured like a 2023 World Cup, then who are the players as an alternative to fast bowling all-rounder. Rohit said, “Why do you have negative thoughts in your mind? We should have positive thoughts.” Why do you want it to get injured? Let us all pray that every player stays 100 percent fit and fit. “
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