Rohit Sharma
Australia tour was very disappointing for the Indian team. Team India suffered a 1-3 defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25. After this, there was a big threat to Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, but the team management retained his confidence in the hitman. After the tour of Australia, Rohit Sharma was seen taking charge of the team in the Champions Trophy. Under his captaincy, Team India performed brilliantly and defeated New Zealand in the final and won the Champions Trophy title after 12 years. In the title match, Rohit Sharma performed brilliantly with the bat and played a wonderful half -century innings. Since winning the Champions Trophy, fans and team management have been praising Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, but still a big question remains that who will captain the Test of Team India?
Actually, Team India will visit England in June. Team India will participate in the Test series on this tour. There is no doubt that the Champions Trophy title has further strengthened the position of Indian captain Rohit Sharma. If he leads the Test team during the England tour, it would not be surprising. However, the Selection Committee has not yet taken any formal decision for the tour.
Suspense on Rohit’s captaincy in Test
Rohit Sharma was under pressure to perform well during the Champions Trophy in Dubai, but the title win gave him great relief. However, the question is how much the success in ODI format will affect the decision of Test captaincy. India suffered 8 defeats in 19 Tests in the last World Test Championship (WTC) cycle 2023-25. Now the new cycle will start with the 5 -match Test series in England, the first match will be played in Handingley, Leeds from June 20.
Will Rohit remain Test captain?
A BCCI source told PTI on the condition of anonymity that Rohit is still a Test captain. He excluded himself from the Sydney Test against Australia and expressed his concern when the team’s batting was weak. The source also made it clear that India has not played any other Test match after the Australia Test, so there was no need to change the captaincy. Also, Rohit never said that he does not want to play Test cricket.
According to the source, the National Selection Committee has not taken any final decision regarding the England Test series. Once the IPL starts, a plan will be prepared for the England series. The source also said that the opinion of Team India’s head coach will also be very important in selection. Their strategy and plan to form a strong team can play an important role in the decision of captaincy.
(PTI Inputs)
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