The Indian national cricket team have come under fire recently for their inability to end the ICC title drought. They had enough resources in their arsenal but failed to make use of it in the clutch moments.
As a result, the Men in Blue failed to come out on top against England in the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. Following India’s exit from the tournament, the BCCI had to take several steps.
The richest cricket body sacked the Chetan Sharma-led entire selection committee in the wake of the T20 World Cup fiasco. Besides that, there were possible talks of split captaincy for the betterment of Indian cricket.Â
Reports were rife that the BCCI is considering a separate captain for Tests and the other captain for Tests and ODIs. As things stand, Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Indian cricket team across all three formats.
Most of the Indian senior cricketers will focus on ODI and Tests in 2023
However, there could be a possibility of seeing two captains for India in the future. As per the reports, Hardik Pandya will lead the Indian cricket team in the T20I set-up whereas Rohit Sharma will lead the team in Tests and ODIs.
Meanwhile, according to a report by PTI, most of the Indian senior cricketers will concentrate on One Day Internationals and Test format in the next calendar year.
Even if there are many T20Is scheduled for the next year, the senior cricketers will simply stick to the ODI and Tests. There is ICC ODI World Cup 2023 scheduled next year and the board wants senior players including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli to focus on the 50-over format.Â
Currently, Indian players are in New Zealand for a white-ball assignment wherein India already won the T20I series by 1-0 and the ODI series is still going on. New Zealand won the first ODI whereas the second game was washed out due to rain.
Twitter Reacts:
Now selfish seniors will ruin chances of young players in tests and ODIs. #bcci @BCCI https://t.co/3Mzfb4Lpx5
— Yuvraj (@yuvraj2511) November 29, 2022
This Should be the case for both Virat and Rohit even though VK is in very good form he should retire from high
Sachin also playes only Test and ODI throught his Career and MS also retired from Test in 2015 it's really difficult to play all three formats continuously https://t.co/v5SQCeFU4B— Chaity Garg (@ChaityGarg) November 29, 2022
Just to comeback & Steal the spot for T20WC-2024 https://t.co/X2vAx3wiUH
— Deva (@way2sdeva) November 29, 2022
and will be surprise package for 2024WC 🤕🤕 https://t.co/TbxprBCVa5
— ADI ☣ (@Pinkman__007) November 29, 2022
Is it the end of Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli in T20is?
I don’t think it will be a good plan to drop Kohli as he gives stability to the team if we collapse or something. Atleast one player with experience is mandatory! https://t.co/bSjQIhvBfN— Kumar Sambhav (@ImSambhav17) November 29, 2022
Whatever… No one can stop 👖 playing t20i trails 😎💯 https://t.co/6oHiUm5KIv
— MSD7×SI41 (@subasri_41) November 29, 2022
Which means we are ready to loose next WC and WTC as well. Nice. Seniors should rather focus on gtfo of team https://t.co/6o5ClYOZyJ
— JinSakai (@NoNameCharlie3) November 29, 2022
You can simply say VK will be in 3 format https://t.co/G71mxsLf8N
— Gotu Manthan Dave (@GotuDave) November 29, 2022
