Rohit Sharma will captain India in the T20 World Cup: BCCI Secretary Jai Shah announced, the tournament is to be held in June.
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Rohit Sharma has captained India in 54 T-20 matches.
BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) Secretary Jay Shah has announced that Rohit Sharma will be the captain of India in the T20 World Cup in June.
Jay Shah said at the event held in Rajkot, we may have lost the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup, but we won hearts by winning 10 consecutive matches there. I am confident that India will win the 2024 T20 World Cup in Barbados under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.
On Wednesday, the name of the SCA Stadium was changed to Niranjan Shah Stadium. In the same event, Shah announced Rohit's captaincy. Rohit, head coach Rahul Dravid and men's national team chief selector Ajit Agarkar were also present in the programme.
There was doubt about Rohit playing the World Cup after leaving the captaincy from IPL.
Mumbai Indians had snatched the captaincy from Rohit in IPL and given it to Hardik Pandya. Since then there was doubt about Rohit playing T20 and captaining the Indian team. MI management had traded Hardik to Gujarat for Rs 15 crore even before the auction of 2024 season. MI had given Rs 15 crore to Gujarat for this and also gave a separate amount. Even before the auction, the management had decided to make Hardik the captain.
Hardik was captaining since T-20 World Cup 2022
Since India's semi-final exit from the T20 World Cup in November 2022, Hardik Pandya has led India in most of the T20 Internationals. When Rohit was recalled for the home T20 series against Afghanistan in January, the hopes of him and Virat Kohli playing in the 2024 World Cup increased.
Pandya is currently rehabbing due to his ankle injury. He was injured against Bangladesh in the World Cup last year. He is expected to be fit before the IPL, where he will replace Rohit to lead Mumbai Indians as captain.
Important things said by Jai Shah in the event
- Rohit will be the captain- Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2024.
- Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain- Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain of the team in the T-20 World Cup.
- Thoughts on Virat Kohli- Will discuss the role of Virat Kohli in the Indian team in the T20 World Cup. Jay Shah said on Virat's break from the England series that he is not a player who is out of any series without any reason. If he has taken a break then there must be some urgency.
- It is important to play Ranji Trophy- It will be necessary for all the domestic players of India to play Ranji Trophy. You will not get a place in the national team only on the basis of IPL.
- Considering going to Pakistan for Champions Trophy- Champions Trophy is to be organized in Pakistan in 2025. Jay Shah said that BCCI will follow the government's stand regarding going to Pakistan.
World Cup will be played in June 2023
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be played from June 1 to 29 in 9 cities of West Indies and America. India and Pakistan are in the same group, the group stage match between the two will be played on June 9 in New York. The final match will be held on June 29 in Barbados city of West Indies. For the first time, 20 teams have been included in the T-20 World Cup, in the previous two editions there were 16 teams each. England are the defending champions, while India had already won the tournament title in 2007.
There will be 41 matches in West Indies, 14 in America.
The T-20 World Cup is being jointly hosted by West Indies and America. A total of 41 matches will be held in 6 cities of West Indies, where all three will also be knockout matches. Whereas the remaining 14 matches will be held in the cities of New York, Florida and Dallas of America. The 6 cities of the West Indies are Trinidad, Guyana, Barbados, Antigua, St. Vincent and St. Lucia.
