Every time the external noise around Rohit Sharma steps up, he steps up to silence the doubters. Though India went on to lose the game, the knock silenced the ‘outside noise’ that had suggested that the match would be his last in the Indian shirt. That has been the case for the veteran opener the last couple of years at least.
On the tour of England, the former India captain did the same as he smashed a brilliant 138 off 110 balls in the third and final ODI. With his departure from T20Is and Test cricket sealed, the central question grew increasingly pointed: can the 39-year-old push all the way to the 2027 ODI World Cup in pursuit of the trophy that has continued to evade him?
Rohit Sharma’s future in India’s ODI team was reportedly a subject of discussion during the BCCI meeting on Thursday. However, the cricketing gods seem to be favouring the Hitman at the moment.
Addressing reporters following the briefing, which featured head coach Gautam Gambhir , BCCI’s new Director of Cricket VVS Laxman , alongside format leaders Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer , the board’s Joint Secretary Devajit Saikia came out fiercely in support of the former India captain. “He is playing superbly in all the matches. So what more do you want? So why is there speculation? “No, no. Despite the chatter outside the field, Rohit hasn’t looked focused on his game, his fitness, and the dream of lifting the World Cup trophy in South Africa. As the selection committee maps out workload management for the gruelling schedule ahead, Rohit knows he has to earn his place in the team by performance, not by talks alone.
Because we have a lot of series coming up, we have basically thought about what should be our way forward in terms of team preparation and all,. In the last match, he scored 138 runs.
For now, I don’t want to give any fodder to the speculators,” Saikia said after the meeting amid speculations that Rohit’s future was also discussed in the meeting.
