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Rohit Sharma: The Indian team will tour Australia in the months of November and December for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. But before that the Indian team may face a big shock. There are speculations that Rohit Sharma will not play the first 2 matches of the series. The five-match Test series between India and Australia will start from November 22. This series will be very important regarding the World Test Championship final.
According to the source, 'No clarification has come yet regarding this situation. It is learned that Rohit Sharma has contacted BCCI officials that he will not be able to play the first two matches of Border-Gavaskar due to personal reasons. If these personal issues are resolved before the start of the series, then Rohit will be available for all 5 matches. More information will be released in the coming days.
If Rohit Sharma is out of the first 2 matches then Abhimanyu Easwaran can take his place. Who was the captain of India B team in Duleep Trophy 2024? Easwaran's name has come up because he will be in Australia during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Who can captain India A in a series? At present Easwaran is running in great rhythm. He scored 2 centuries in Duleep Trophy. He also played a brilliant inning of 191 runs in the recently held Irani Cup 2024 match between Mumbai and Rest of India.
As far as captaincy is concerned, in the absence of Rohit Sharma, vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah can take charge of the team. However, the situation will become clear only when BCCI or Rohit Sharma himself makes some announcement on this subject.