BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia clarified that the former captain’s spot remains secure after the board convened to analyse recent overseas tours and map out strategies leading up to the 2027 ODI World Cup. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday quashed speculation regarding veteran opener Rohit Sharma’s ODI future, insisting his form remains top-class following a high-level performance review meeting conducted at its headquarters in Mumbai.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday quashed speculation regarding veteran opener Rohit Sharma’s ODI future
In the last match, he scored 138-148 runs. The review focused heavily on addressing setbacks on tours of England and Ireland, as the senior men’s team prepares for a grueling upcoming schedule that includes T20Is against Afghanistan, white-ball matches against the West Indies, the Asian Games T20 trip to Japan, a multi-format tour of New Zealand, ODIs against Zimbabwe, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at home, before the 2027 Men’s ODI World Cup takes centre stage. We lost those T20I and ODI series 2-1.
However, it was pushed back and finally took place on Thursday due to India’s T20I tour of Zimbabwe and Test tour of Sri Lanka, where they won 3-0 and 1-0, respectively. A roadmap has been prepared, and we will undertake some exercises so that we can perform very well in the 2027 World Cup. Because we have a busy schedule ahead.”, we have basically discussed our way forward regarding team preparations.
You all know that we lost matches in Ireland and also in England.
I do not want to give fodder to the speculators,” Saikia told reporters at the conclusion of the meeting. The long-pending review meeting was initially supposed to take place in July to address India’s T20I series defeats in England and Ireland, along with the ODI series loss to England. “He is playing superbly in all matches. So what more do you want? So why is there speculation? “So, we had discussions and basically discussed how our team performed in England and Ireland. We also discussed what we are going to do over the next year. “Yes, we did not do well. So we wanted to know the reasons, and we have to do some soul-searching about that. We have also chalked out certain strategies for the future before touring any of the SENA countries,” added Saikia. “There was no discussion on the selection committee.
Our whole focus was on performances in England and Ireland, as well as the recent Test series in Sri Lanka, and what we are going to do in the upcoming series before the ODI World Cup, which is our ultimate goal.
