Team India captain Rohit Sharma can be seen playing his last ODI match on this day. Before Champions Trophy 2025, the selectors themselves have almost confirmed this.
Rohit Sharma: After flopping on the Australia tour, news of captain Rohit Sharma’s retirement started coming out, but the captain himself came forward and put a full stop to these reports and expressed his desire to play further. After this, on January 18, the chief selector announced India’s 15-member team on January 18, in which Hitman was once again made the captain. But now the selectors themselves have confirmed that Rohit Sharma will be seen playing his last ODI match on this day.
Will he play the last match on this day?
Captain Rohit Sharma’s performance is continuously declining. In red ball cricket, he is struggling for every run and if this condition continues in white ball as well, then the last match of Champions Trophy 2025 can prove to be the last match of his career. After Champions Trophy 2025, captain Rohit Sharma himself can announce his retirement because after this the BCCI selectors are also not giving him a place in the team going forward.
According to the Times of India report, BCCI is looking for a new permanent captain, who can captain Team India for a long time. At the same time, it is also considering different captains in ODIs and Tests.
Selectors are waiting for the new captain
In the year 2022, Rohit Sharma was appointed as the new captain of Team India in all three formats. After this, Team India has won many important matches under Rohit and veteran players have also been seen praising Rohit’s captaincy. But the effect of not getting runs from the bat is clearly visible on his captaincy as well. Under Rohit’s captaincy, India had to face a historic 0-3 defeat to New Zealand at home, losing the series in Australia after 10 years and losing the ODI series in Sri Lanka after 27 years.
After this, BCCI is looking for a new captain. According to media reports, Shubman Gill can be appointed as the new captain in ODIs. At the same time, Rishabh Pant or Jasprit Bumrah can be made the captain in the Test team. However, Pant seems to have more chances of becoming the captain as he is fitter than Bumrah and can handle the captaincy of India for a long time. He can prove to be an important contender for the permanent captain.
Can say goodbye to cricket after Champions Trophy
After winning the ICC T20I World Cup title, captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20I. After this, he has continued to play in ODIs and Tests, but now speculations are being made that this could be the last ICC tournament of Rohit’s career and he will never be seen wearing the Indian jersey after this. But it remains to be seen whether captain Rohit Sharma comes out in the open and announces his retirement or informs the BCCI about his retirement in a confidential manner.
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