Lucknow: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had announced Team India for the ICC T-20 World Cup 2024 on April 30. After this, chief selector Ajit Agarkar and captain Rohit Sharma held a press conference regarding this. During this, Rohit was asked about his captaincy that first he was the captain and then he was no longer the captain and now he is the captain. What would they like to say about this? Sharma has given an excellent answer on this. Let us tell you that other issues were also discussed with Rohit in the press conference but he gave a brilliant answer on the issue of captaincy.
Actually, Mumbai Indians had removed Rohit from the captaincy and made Hardik Pandya the captain in his place. In such a situation, earlier Sharma was captaining India and Mumbai but after that in IPL 2024 he is playing under the captaincy of Hardik. However, now he will again captain Team India and in such a situation he was asked about this. The 37-year-old has given a brilliant answer on the issue of captaincy.
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He said, “Earlier I was the captain, then I was no more and now I am the captain again. This is a part of life. Not everything goes your way. I was not a captain even before in my life and have played under different captains. I have always tried to do what is most important as a player. “This is what I have tried to do in the last one month.”
Talking about Rohit, chief selector Ajit Agarkar said, “Rohit Sharma is a brilliant captain and he showed excellent performance during the World Cup 2023. During the 6 months between the World Cup, we had to take some big decisions. I know Hardik has captained India in some series but Rohit is fantastic.”
Let us tell you that Rohit had made Mumbai the champion 5 times but despite this the franchise removed him from the captaincy and made Pandya the captain. After this, this decision was criticized a lot but it had no effect on the right-handed batsman. He has performed brilliantly so far this season and has scored 315 runs at an average of 35 and strike rate of 158.29 while playing 10 matches. During this period, he has scored one century from his bat but in the last few matches, he has not scored many runs from his bat.
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