Rohit Sharma\u2019s position remains unchanged for now. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has indicated that there is no imminent threat to the former captain\u2019s position, even as his selection for the 2027 World Cup remains the subject of intense speculation.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is playing superbly in all the matches. So what more do you want? In the last match, he scored 138 runs. So why is there speculation? For now, I don\u2019t want to give any fodder to the speculators,\u201d Devajit Saikia remarked on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The BCCI secretary\u2019s assertion came during an interaction with the media after a review meeting of the Indian team at the Board headquarters. There were repeated questions about Rohit\u2019s future, and Saikia sought to drive home the point that the former captain\u2019s place remained safe.<\/p>\n
Saikia in fact, denied that there had been any discussion about Rohit\u2019s position in the ODI squad. \u201cNo, no. We have basically thought about what should be our way forward in terms of team preparation and all, because we have a lot of series coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the Afghanistan series immediately, followed by the West Indies ODI series, as well as the T20Is, and thereafter a very important and crucial series in New Zealand. That will be followed by another series, most probably against Zimbabwe, and then we have the five-Test series against Australia – the Border-Gavaskar Trophy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Reports suggested that the selectors were not keen on continuing with Rohit for the 2027 World Cup and that the Lord\u2019s ODI in July against England was to be his last international. The BCCI promptly intervened to set the record straight, stating that Rohit remains part of its World Cup plans.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, VVS Laxman has been linked to new roles in the Indian team set-up, with some reports suggesting that he could be appointed director of cricket. Saikia, however, ruled out any such move. \u201cI do not comment on new rumours. We have not had any such discussion, nor do we have any such intention.\u201d<\/p>\n
Laxman, the head of the Centre of Excellence (CoE), was part of the review meeting along with the two captains – Shubman Gill (Test and ODI) and Shreyas Iyer (T20I). India head coach Gautam Gambhir was also present, but chief selector Ajit Agarkar was a notable absentee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rohit Sharma\u2019s position remains unchanged for now. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has indicated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1184442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,730,16384,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-1184441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-india","tag-rohit-sharma","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}