Rohit Sharma is likely to miss either the Perth or Adelaide Test match during the 2024/25 Border Gavaskar series. The 37-year-old has already notified BCCI about this move and stated ‘personal reason’ behind the move. Once the news came to light fans have started to speculate the reasons behind the move.
It will be a huge blow for India if Rohit misses one Test during the Border-Gavaskar series. Not only for his captaincy but Gautam Gambhir and rest of Indian team management will be missing Rohit Sharma as the opener of the side.
In this case, team India will need to name a new skipper to take charge of the team. Rohit’s influence as the leader in the side has made him one of the best skippers on par with Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni in terms of decision making and importance to the side.
Here are the top 3 captaincy choices if Rohit Sharma misses out on one game during BGT 2024/25 series
3- KL Rahul
In terms of seniority, KL Rahul is a safe choice to lead the side if Rohit Sharma doesn’t play one game during the Border Gavaskar series. KL Rahul has already led India in the Test formats. So far the 32-year-old has led the team on 3 occasions winning 2 games and losing once.
The right-handed batter led India during the two-match series against Bangladesh in 2022 after Rohit Sharma had missed the series due to injury. Rahul is already a veteran of 52 games and scored 2969 runs. He is one of the key members of the team in the Test format.
2- Jasprit Bumrah
Indian pace ace Jasprit Bumrah could step into Rohit Sharma’s shoes for a game lead the side. The 30-year-old led India during the re-scheduled Test in 2022 against England instead of Rohit Sharma. Although India went onto lose the game, Bumrah did reasonably well to nearly pull off a win for the side. The game is also famous for Bumrah hitting Stuart Broad for 35 runs which is a record in the longest format of the game.
1- R. Ashwin
There is everything that veteran spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin has achieved in his legendary career. The 38-year-old though hasn’t captained the national side ever. If Rohit Sharma is to miss one of the games during the BGT 2024 series, Ashwin could be a good choice to lead the side considering his out-of-the-box thinking could unsettle the Australian team. Ashwin has the experience of leading a few teams in the IPL as well as in the TNPL and is one of India’s brightest minds on the field.
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