‘Rohit Sharma will lead Team India in T20 World Cup’-BCCI Secretary Jay Shah confirms

‘Rohit Sharma will lead Team India in T20 World Cup’-BCCI Secretary Jay Shah confirms

In the midst of an event on Wednesday,Jay Shah, BCCI secretary announced that Rohit Sharma will lead Team India for the T20 World Cup in Caribbean and US.

At the event, Shah spoke in the presence of a gathering of several dignitaries including former India captains Sunil Gavaskar and Anil Kumble and IPL chairman Arun Dhumal.

The event also saw the presence of current chief selector Ajit Agarkar, incumbent head coach Rahul Dravid, Rohit, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and a few members of the Indian team support staff.

At the end of his speech in the event, Jay claimed that even as we did not lift the World Cup final in Ahmedabad, after 10 straight wins, India won hearts. He ensures with confidence that this time under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, Team India will emerge victorious in the final at Barbados, West Indies
and proudly hoist the Indian Flag.

India have had Hardik Pandya as their full-time skipper in the shortest format but the heartbreaking loss in the final of the 2023 World Cup to Australia have reignited the murmurs of senior batters Virat Kohli and Rohit returning for the T20 showpiece in June.

Notedly, Shah was present at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Khanderi, which was renamed after veteran cricket administrator Niranjan Shah, as the chief guest.

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