Twitter slams BCCI for suddenly giving Gill ODI captaincy without clarification on Rohit's stance

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ByGantavya Adukia, SportsCafe Editor

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A famous saying in Australia heralds their cricket captain as the second most important man after the Prime Minister, and the same could be claimed for India if not more. Unsurprisingly thus, there was a huge furor on Saturday when Shubman Gill took over from Rohit Sharma as the ODI captain.

India announced 15 and 16-man squads for three ODIs and five T20Is in Australia respectively, slated to begin with the 50-over games on October 19 while the last T20 is scheduled for November 9. Apart from a string of expected changes, forced and voluntary, the biggest takeaway was Shubman Gill taking over from Rohit Sharma as the ODI captain after a four-year stint for the latter at the helm. Gill had also taken over from the veteran as Test captain a couple months ago after Rohit announced his retirement from the format, and was named T20I vice-captain in the recently concluded Asia Cup. Rohit led India in 56 ODIs, winning 44 of them which included a run to the World Cup final at home in 2023 and glory in the Champions Trophy earlier this year in the UAE, which was incidentally India's last outing in the format.

Chief selector Ajit Agarkar stated the change was mind keeping in mind the 2027 World Cup in Africa, with the early change allowed to give Gill enough time to settle in albeit he restrained from talking in detail about the future. Agarkar also stated that having different captains across formats was difficult to juggle for the selectors as well as the coaches, given head coach Gautam Gambhir had to communicate with three different personalities. When asked whether Rohit had been informed ahead of the announcement, Agarkar affirmed the necessary procedures had been followed albeit he refused to divulge the details of their converstaion, stating it was a private matter. 

Additionally, Shreyas Iyer was elevated to ODI vice-captaincy in the absence of senior figures Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, and Jasprit Bumrah, with Virat Kohli still a part of the squad. Twitterati had mixed reactions to the leadership change. 

Big changes!

Excpeted as Captain?

Sounds good!

No idea!

Yeah!

Why?

Good luck!

Let's hope it goes well!

Yupe!

Good to see!

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