India suffered a humiliating defeat to Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final on Sunday (11 June). The Pat Cummins-led team defeated India by a massive 209 runs to lift their maiden WTC title while India continue to search for the first ICC trophy in the last ten years. With India losing the 2023 WTC Final, fans started demanding that Rohit Sharma must be sacked, at least from Test captaincy.
However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is mum after the defeat and nothing has been said so far. On top of that, the Indian cricket board is reportedly persisting with Sharma as the captain of Tests.
According to a PTI report, Rohit Sharma will lead Team India in the upcoming two-match Test series in the West Indies. BCCI might take a call on Rohit’s future as the Indian Test captain after this series as the Indian cricket board will have plenty of time to decide with India’s next Test series being scheduled for December.
Fans not ready to see Rohit leading in even one more Test
The WTC Final defeat has hurt the Indian cricket team fans a lot and hence they are demanding the immediate removal of Rohit Sharma as the Test captain. As this report of Rohit leading the team in the West Indies emerged, fans lost their cool and started thrashing BCCI.
While a few suggested that Ajinkya Rahane should be made the interim captain, some want Sharma to be sacked from all formats.
Check out the reactions here.
Captain leading from behind.— Naveen (@_naveenish) June 13, 2023
I think we should give test captaincy to A Rahane for one or two years and then Rishab pant when he gets back to his prime form.— Cricket Enthusiast (@tarunreddyoo7) June 13, 2023
WC se hatao bc😭 Mujhe India ko support karna h 😭— S ♡ (@itsSakshiiii) June 13, 2023
Why only test captaincy he should leave odi captaincy also and either any new captain should captain india in the upcoming world cup or Virat should come back as odi captain. Virat was a great captain couldn’t win icc trophy but the intent was there and also india performed great— Sayantan Das (@Sayantan2005) June 13, 2023
This series was a perfect opportunity to try a different test captain! May be Rahane or Ashwin for a short term, till we find a long term solution.Something that we did with Anil Kumble in 2007-08.Rohit Sharma’a days as test captain are over now!!— Dr. Shubham Misra 🧠⚛️🇮🇳🇺🇸 (@Shubham_Neuro) June 13, 2023
England took 1 month to press reset within WTC cycle. Identified new coach captain and players , revamped everything. Our folks will sit for years and years raking in IPL money. What will be outcome of the review? won’t change any players & ask same players to play “differently— Devesh Bhagat (@deveshb) June 13, 2023
Someone said he’s going to win icc trophies just like IPL if he made captain but now he’s discussing about his future.— sakshi (@Sakshiiiiiii18) June 13, 2023
Sack him ImmediatelyAshwin or Rahane are the options— अंकित माथुर (@tuchabwoy) June 13, 2023
The earlier he sits down…the better for the team— Ismail (@BeingHumble4) June 13, 2023
Now, it will be interesting to see what does BCCI do if India wins the Test series against Rohit Sharma. In all likelihood, Sharma is expected to continue as India’s Test captain.
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