India vs Australia, Border Gavaskar Trophy: Nothing is going well for Team India after the Indian team lost by 184 runs in the fourth match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. While on one hand the Indian team’s hopes in the final of the World Test Championship got a huge blow and Team India will now have to depend on the result of the Test series between Sri Lanka and Australia, on the other hand there are reports of ‘rift’ in the team regarding the captain. If reports are to be believed, a senior player of Team India has put all his efforts to take over the captaincy after Rohit Sharma.
of Indian Express according to the report“There are some differences of opinion in the team and a senior player is ready to offer himself as an interim option. Rohit Sharma was out of the Perth Test and during this time some players were eyeing the captain’s place, which is openly claimed. They were saying that he has to do something special on the tour, the above mentioned senior player, who aspires to be the interim captain, is actively presenting himself as ‘Mr Fix-It’ and it has been revealed that he has to do something special on the tour. Not sure that young “Players are ready to take leadership roles.”
Jasprit Bumrah is currently the vice-captain of the team and in the absence of Rohit in Perth, he played the role of captain and led Team India to victory. Virat Kohli has already left the captaincy, there is confusion regarding Rohit’s career, in such a situation India has a good option in the form of Jasprit Bumrah, who can be given the captaincy.
Even before the Perth Test, Jasprit Bumrah has been seen in the captaincy role and there is a high possibility that if Rohit is removed from the captaincy after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, then Bumrah will replace him. In such a situation, this report indicates that there is someone who is probably not happy with Bumrah’s success. However, there is no mention in the report as to who is the one who wants to replace Bumrah.
Let us tell you, India had started the Australian tour with a win, but after that the Indian team’s train derailed. India had to face embarrassing defeats in Adelaide and Melbourne, while the Test match held at the Gabba ground in Brisbane was washed out due to rain. However, the Indian team was not in a good position in that match also. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma is under question.
Rohit Sharma is under more questions regarding his batting than his captaincy. Rohit’s recent performance raises questions about his place in Team India. Rohit has scored 3, 6, 10, 3 and 9 runs in 5 innings in Australia. Irfan Pathan had said after India’s defeat in the Melbourne Test that if Rohit had not been the Indian captain, he would not have had a place in the team.
