The Board of Control for Cricket in India is reportedly unhappy with Rohit Sharma’s big statement about his future in the T20Is. Sharma, ahead of the first ODI against Sri Lanka, stated that he wants to continue playing in the shortest format for India despite reports about BCCI’s plan to phase older players out of the T20 set-up.
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As per Insidesport’s report, a BCCI official expressed that the Apex Body wasn’t pleased with these comments. The official further stated that Rohit or Virat Kohli will be out of contention for the Indian T20 team.
The BCCI official was quoted saying, “See we have to look after the best interests of Indian Cricket, not of any individual. We think it’s time to move on from them (Rohit & Virat). Plan and make the team keeping future in mind. But it will be selectors who will take the final call.”
Going back to the press conference, Rohit Sharma was asked about his future with the Indian team in the shortest format. The Mumbai-born batter expressed the difficulty of playing back-to-back fixtures for players across three formats and hence breaks between tours are essential.
Sharma said, “I have not given up on T20 cricket. Firstly, it is not possible to play back-to-back matches. You need to give them (all format players) enough break. I definitely fall in that as well. We have three T20Is against New Zealand. We will see what happens after IPL. I have not decided to give up the format,” said Rohit Sharma in his press conference.
Talking about the ODI series against Sri Lanka, the Men in Blue will be playing the opening fixture at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Both teams will then travel to Kolkata for the second game and then to Thiruvananthapuram to conclude the series.
India ODI squad against Sri Lanka: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (wk), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.