IND vs SL: 3 Signs That Indicate Rohit Sharma's T20I Career Is Over

IND vs SL: 3 Signs That Indicate Rohit Sharma’s T20I Career Is Over.  Rohit Sharma, who is recovering from a thumb injury will miss the 3-match T20I series and will return to lead the team in the ODIs against Sri Lanka. All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been named the skipper for the T20I series and will have Suryakumar Yadav as his deputy.

The three-match T20I series begins in Mumbai on January 3, followed by Pune and Rajkot. Rohit Sharma, who is recovering from a thumb injury that he sustained in Bangladesh recently, will return to lead the team in ODIs when the series kickstarts in Guwahati on January 10. Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram will host the remaining matches in the series.

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Indian captain Rohit Sharma has been dropped from the T20I side while Hardik Pandya has been named as the captain of the side. This could be the way forward for team India for the Road to 2024 ICC T20 World Cup.

India’s T20I Squad for Sri Lanka: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar

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IND vs SL: 3 Signs That Indicate Rohit Sharma’s T20I Career Is Over

1. Rohit Sharma’s Recent T20I Form

Rohit Sharma’s recent T20I form isn’t that great. In the T20 World Cup 2022, his last T20I competition, he managed only 116 runs in 6 T20Is averaging a mere 19.33. In the previous T20I series against South Africa, he managed only 43 runs in 3 T20Is averaging 14.33 which included two ducks. In the year 2022, he managed 656 runs in 29 T20Is averaging 24.3.

2. Availability And Performance Of Other Openers In T20Is

There are several T20I specialist openers available apart from Rohit Sharma in the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, and Shubman Gill who have done well in domestic cricket, IPL or limited opportunities in international cricket.

Interestingly, all of the likes of Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, and Sanju Samson can open the innings for India after they were selected for the Sri Lanka T20I series. Rishabh Pant wasn’t included in the T20I squad for poor but he also has opened in some T20Is for India.

3. Hardik Pandya Doing Well As T20I Skipper

Hardik Pandya has been exceptional as a T20I skipper in the limited opportunities provided to him. He led India in the 2 T20Is against Ireland and India won both by 7 wickets and 4 runs. India won by 88 runs against West Indies and 65 runs against New Zealand while one match against the Kiwis was tied under his captaincy.

He isn’t though much experienced as a skipper in the international arena and has only captained Gujarat Titans to victory in IPL 2022- his first as skipper in IPL. Hardik Pandya is the future T20I skipper and his performance with the bat, ball, and as skipper may see Rohit Sharma’s T20I career come to a premature end.

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