Rohit Sharma: Cloud of crisis on Rohit's Test captaincy, Team India may get new leadership after West Indies tour

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India skipper Rohit Sharma is under attack from the selectors after the defeat in the World Test Championship final. Rohit Sharma will go as captain on the upcoming West Indies tour, but there will be a lot of pressure on him. Rohit's batting will be watched by everyone during the two Tests in the Windies. If he fails to play big innings in Port of Spain or Dominica, then he can be removed from the post of captain of the Test team.

Will lead the BCCI and then probably have a meeting with the BCCI. In the same meeting, he will decide about his future in Test cricket. If people aware of developments in the Indian team are to be believed, Rohit will lead the team till he himself decides to sit out of the two-Test series against the West Indies starting July 12 in Dominica.

The pressure on the selection committee will increase after Rohit's failure.

Team India will play two Tests, three ODIs and five T20 series on the West Indies tour. The first Test will be played in Dominica from 12 July and the second Test in Port of Spain from 20 July. If Rohit fails to play at least one big innings in both the Tests, the pressure will be on the BCCI officials and the national selection committee to take a tough decision.

Rohit will step down from the captaincy in the upcoming WTC cycle!

A senior BCCI source told news agency PTI, “These are baseless talks that Rohit will be removed from the captaincy. Yes, will he be the captain for the entire two year WTC cycle? It is a big ask as he will be around 38 when the third edition ends in 2025. At the moment, I believe that Shiv Sundar Das and his colleagues will have to take a decision after two Tests and looking at their batting form.

KL Rahul - Photo: Social Media

New Test captain may be found in December

Actually, BCCI works very differently from other sports organizations. The people in power in the Indian board believe that when criticism reaches its peak, you don't take decisions. The source further said, “After the West Indies, we do not have any Tests till the end of December. The team will go to South Africa in December. In such a situation, the selectors have enough time to deliberate and take a decision. Till then the fifth selector (new chairman) will also join the panel and a decision can be taken.

Rahul could not impress as captain

When Virat Kohli stepped down from the Test captaincy following the series defeat in South Africa, Rohit was initially reluctant to take up the responsibility. He did not know whether his body would cooperate or not. "The two top men at that time (former president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah) were unable to impress KL Rahul as captain in South Africa. Rohit was asked to take up the role after Rahul failed," the source said. Had to agree."

Rohit Sharma Photo: ICC

Rohit played only one good innings in his captaincy

except for a brilliant 120 against Australia on a challenging Nagpur track, Rohit hasn't scored the kind of runs expected of him. Rohit took over the Test captaincy in 2022. After becoming his captain, India played 10 Tests. During this, Rohit could not play three matches due to different reasons.

Kohli scored 517 runs in the last 10 Tests while

Rohit scored 390 runs in seven Tests as captain. He averaged 35.45 in 11 innings. Apart from a century, he could not play any innings of 50 or more runs. Virat Kohli played all 10 Tests after Rohit became the captain. He scored 517 runs in 17 innings. His highest score was 186 against Australia at Ahmedabad.

Pujara failed against big teams

Cheteshwar Pujara played eight Tests in the same phase and scored 482 runs in 14 innings at an average of 40.12. He played innings of 90 and 102 runs. Both were made against Bangladesh, which is said to be a weak team. The selectors know that these three players above the age of 35 cannot stay together at the top of the order for the next three years. In such a situation, they have to take difficult decisions.

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