Former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team director Joey Bhattacharya believes that India captain Rohit Sharma is not the ideal choice to lead the team in T20Is. After months of speculation about his future with the Indian team in the shortest format, Rohit is set to make his debut in the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-final against Afghanistan after not playing a T20I for over a year following India’s defeat to England in the semi-finals. Returned to the team for the series. Earlier this year in January. His first T20I appearance in over a year came after BCCI secretary Jay Shah backed Rohit to lead the team in showpiece events in the West Indies and USA this year.
As the tournament approaches, Bhattacharya has questioned BCCI’s decision to appoint Rohit as captain. According to him, this appointment has caused problems to the team.
“The decision to appoint Rohit Sharma as India captain for the T20 World Cup could cause problems for the team. At this point in time, Sharma is not an ideal choice to lead the team in the T20I format,” Bhattacharya said on Cricbuzz.
Bhattacharya feels that Rohit is not in form at the moment and since he is the captain, India will be forced to drop Yashasvi Jaiswal or Shubman Gill or star batsman Virat Kohli from the 15-member World Cup squad.
“I respect Rohit Sharma a lot and I think he is an amazing cricketer. However, he is out of batting form at the moment. Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are in better form right now and are favorites to open. ” However, since Sharma is the captain, he will open, which means one of the in-form players will have to bat lower down the order.”
While he chose star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah to captain India, Bhattacharya cited the reason behind Rohit being made the captain.
“I would choose Jasprit Bumrah over Rohit Sharma as captain because Bumrah’s skills as a bowler make him an important member of the team. Rohit has achieved everything in cricket, but there is one thing he needs to do. Need to win the World Cup in 2007 and want to end his career on a high note,” Bhattacharya explained.
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