Indian cricket team would be crestfallen after losing the match against Australia in the ODI WC final 2023. Rohit Sharma‘s brigade wasn’t able to defend the target of 241 runs. Rohit Sharma‘s tactics were quite questionable as he was waiting for things to happen rather than creating panic in the opposition team.
BCCI’s selection panel & management will have to make a tough call and ignore Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma from the ODI setup and give chances to the youngsters and build a team for the future rather than backing the veterans. Virat Kohli has age on his side and can be a great foil for the 2027 ODI WC.
The wait for the ICC trophy continues for a billion people as now it has been more than a decade since India has won an ICC event and the last triumph was back in the 2013 Champions Trophy under the leadership of the legendary skipper MS Dhoni.
It is not difficult to score hundreds in one-day cricket- Gautam Gambhir takes a dig at Rohit Sharma
Gautam Gambhir was having an interaction with Sportskeeda and was quite furious with Rohit Sharma. Gautam Gambhir stated that the team’s performance should be given priority rather than individual milestones. Gautam Gambhir said that captaincy is not important, winning the match for the country is important.
“Hundreds don’t matter, Rohit Sharma’s approach matters. Rohit Sharma could have also scored four hundreds in the World Cup. It’s not difficult to score hundreds in one-day cricket. Quinton de Kock also made four. Unless sub-continent teams move away from their obsession for stats, our results will not be of the desired level,” said Gautam Gambhir.
“It is as a nation that we have to change. If Jasprit Bumrah takes five wickets, he becomes a great bowler. If someone takes two, then he is not. It’s important to be a good bowler. Those two wickets were crucial,” he stated.
“If any young player scores a hundred, he is touted as the next captain. In the last four years, I don’t know how many next captains we have made. If Shubman Gill does well in one game, he’s the next India captain, if Shreyas Iyer scores a hundred, he’s the next India captain. Same when Rishabh Pant was doing well,” he added.
“Captaincy is not important, winning the match for the county is important. Captaincy is just a responsibility. There is this race for the next captain. Rohit Sharma has not won the World Cup, so who is the next captain? You will make someone else leader, if he doesn’t win, then again the same question – who is next,” he concluded.