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Rohit Sharma is going to captain the Test for the first time in Australia.
India’s Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma may be out of the 1st Test in Australia. He has informed BCCI that due to personal reasons it is difficult for him to play in any of the first two Tests. If the personal matter is resolved before the start of the series, he will play all the matches.
The 5-Test Border Gavaskar Series between Australia and India is scheduled to start from November 22. The first match is to be played in Perth. India had won the last 2 Test series in Australia under the captaincy of Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane.
BCCI has already been informed According to news agency PTI, BCCI sources said that Rohit has already informed the board about his personal problem. Rohit has said that he may be out of one of the first two Tests. If the problem is resolved then he will play the entire series.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India defeated England and Bangladesh in Test series this year.
Second test from 6th December Team India is going to play a Test series in Australia after 3 years. The first match will be played in Perth from 22 November and the second match will be played in Adelaide from 6 December. Before this, the team will also play a 3-Test series against New Zealand in India from October 16. Team India has not lost any Test series against Australia since 2014. During this period, the team won 2 series under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India defeated Australia for the first time in a Test series at home.
Who will captain? During the Test series against Bangladesh, Team India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nair had said, ‘There are some IPL captains in the team in the form of Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul. There are definitely youngsters of all ages, but given the number of matches played by all of them, it would be foolish to call them young. Everyone has leadership quality, so at the moment there is no need to think much about the vice-captain of the team.
Who will open in place of Rohit? If Rohit cannot play the initial match, then there are two backup openers in the team in the form of Shubman Gill and KL Rahul. Apart from these, Abhimanyu Easwaran, who has performed well in domestic cricket, will also remain in Australia with the India A team during that period.
Any one of the three can handle the opening position in place of Rohit. Apart from these, India also gave a chance to Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat Patidar to make their Test debut this year. Both these players can also handle the opening position.
In Rohit’s absence, Shubman Gill can open and captain Australia.
Rohit captained in 18 tests Rohit Sharma took over the captaincy in the Test format in 2022 after Virat Kohli left the captaincy. So far, he has won 12 matches while captaining in 18 Tests. The team lost only 4, while 2 matches were also drawn.
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