BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Wednesday, confirmed that Rohit Sharma will captain India in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 to be played in the Caribbean and the USA in June. This came while Shah was speaking at an event in Rajkot ahead of the third Test between India and England.
The event was held to rename the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Khanderi, after the veteran cricket administrator Niranjan Shah.
During his speech, he said that although India lost the Cricket World Cup 2023 final against Australia, they will excel in the T20 World Cup under Rohit's leadership.
"In 2023 (final) at Ahmedabad, even though we did not win the World Cup after 10 straight wins, we won hearts. I want to promise you that in 2024 (T20 World Cup) in Barbados (venue for the final), under Rohit Sharma's captaincy, hum Bharat ka jhanda gaadenge (we will hoist the Indian flag)," Shah said at the end of his speech.
Rohit was smiling when the announcement was made and his teammates applauded the confirmation around him. The video of the moment has already gone viral on social media.
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"In the third T20I against Afghanistan, India was 22/4 and the way he (Rohit Sharma) took the team to 212/4, we can't question much about him, right? He (Rohit) has the ability, as I said, we won 10 games in the ODI World Cup. We didn't win the final, but it's part and parcel of the game. Whoever plays better, wins," Shah expressed.
(PTI inputs)
