BCCI told Rohit Sharma that his test career was over, Virat Kohli’s call ‘Personal’ for the board: Report
File photo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma© Bcci/Sportzpics
As the Indian cricket spectrum Test cricket comes with the potential exit of Stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, a report shared the details behind the conversation between all the parties involved. Parallel to a BCCI meeting in Mumbai on 7 May, Ajit Aggarkar, head of the Control Board for Cricket in India, Ajit Aggarkar, Rohit’s test retirement announcement was made public. A large bomb was dropped on Indian fans after informing the board of similar intentions in Kohli’s news.
However, a report by Dainik Jagran has now claimed that Rohit was informed about the decision by BCCI. According to the Hindi daily, the board made it clear to Rohit that it is no longer part of the team’s testing plans.
It was later reported that Kohli has informed the BCCI about his decision to retire from the longest format, but the board urged him to rethink in view of the visit to England. However, the paper also mentions that the BCCI does not want to interfere much in the call, suggests that the decision to retire is a personal.
Rohit was already on the verge of retiring from the longest format after a poor outing in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where he also dropped himself from the Sydney Test. While he has already gone, Kohli may soon follow his footsteps and leave the format he loves the most.
Among Rohit’s potential captaincy heirs, Shubman Gill’s name sits at the top of the specialist. Gill has shown excellent looks and leadership properties for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League, and allegedly prefers the number 1 captaincy for the test format. He is already vice-captains of the team in T20I and Odis.
As Virat, he led the Indian team in the Test for Adelaide for the first time against Australia in 2014, which is the place of veteran MS Dhoni. Under Kohli, India enjoyed several memorable victories in the longest format, showing the possibility of becoming a force away from home. Kohli also led India to the two World Test Championship finals, although the team could not win any of them.
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