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Amidst the rumours surrounding Rohit Sharma’s future as a player and captain in limited-overs cricket, Sourav Ganguly has backed him to continue leading India in all three formats until the T20 World Cup 2024. He spoke about how Rohit Sharma did “so well” for India in the ODI World Cup 2023 despite the final’s loss to Australia.
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The CWC 2023 saw Rohit Sharma captain Team India to 10 straight wins before the grand finale, while scoring a lot of runs at the top of the order with an attacking approach. He contributed 597 runs to the Indian cause in 11 innings at an average of 54.27 and a strike-rate of 125.94, with one hundred and three fifties.
Sourav Ganguly spoke to the reporters about the various options used by the Indian team management in the captaincy role before shifting his attention to Rohit Sharma’s case, during a promotional event. He said, "Many (players) are not available. Surya is T20 captain (of India). Surya is not a certainty in one dayers. They have a different captain in one dayers in KL Rahul. And Test match obviously Rohit wants to play."
Watch the video of Sourav Ganguly discussing Rohit Sharma's captaincy future here:
“But as I said, once Rohit is back playing all formats, he should be the captain of India because he’s done so well in the World Cup. And he is a leader. So I expect, and I presume that he will continue as captain till the T20 World Cup,” he added.
Indian team management has given captaincy to many players in absence of Rohit Sharma
In the absence of Rohit Sharma from T20I format since the T20 World Cup 2022, the Indian team management has given the leadership reigns to Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Suryakumar Yadav one after another. The newest captain in the T20I format for India, Suryakumar Yadav, is currently in the midst of a five-match series against Australia, winning the first two before losing the third contest.
