Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has voiced his disappointment over the Board of Management for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) determination to take away Rohit Sharma because the ODI captain forward of the upcoming Australia tour. The selectors introduced on Saturday, October 4, that Shubman Gill would lead the group within the 50-over format, changing Rohit, who guided India to a Champions Trophy triumph earlier this 12 months.
Harbhajan Singh shocked by determination to sideline Rohit Sharma as skipper
Talking on Star Sports activities, Harbhajan admitted that whereas Gill’s promotion presents a recent problem for the teen, he was shocked to see Rohit named within the squad solely as a participant and never as captain.
Rohit’s removing marks the tip of almost a four-year tenure as India’s full-time ODI captain. He had already stepped down from T20Is in 2024 and Exams in 2025, and this newest change alerts a major transition section in Indian cricket management.
“Gill has been given one other duty to guide the group in ODIs as effectively. After all, it’s going to be a brand new problem for him. He hasn’t finished that earlier than. Rohit clearly has been changed as a captain by Shubman, and Rohit is somebody who holds an excellent document in white-ball cricket. To be trustworthy, it’s a little bit stunning for me to see Rohit not being captain however nonetheless chosen as a participant,” Harbhajan stated.
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‘Rohit ought to have been given no less than this tour’- Harbhajan on Rohit
Harbhajan, who shared the dressing room with Rohit throughout his taking part in days, felt the senior opener deserved the prospect to guide the group for no less than the Australia tour given his current success as captain. Rohit’s management has been extensively credited for India’s consistency in limited-overs cricket. Below his captaincy, India gained a number of bilateral sequence and ended an extended ICC trophy drought with the T20 World Cup 2024 win and Champions Trophy victory earlier in 2025.
“I assumed if in any respect he was going to Australia, he would have been captain once more. He simply gained the Champions Trophy and different tournaments as effectively, so I feel he’s been one of many pillars of Indian cricket in white-ball codecs. He ought to have been given no less than this tour,” the veteran off-spinner added.
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