Rohit Sharma named India captain for T20 World Cup 2024; Hardik Pandya to be vice-captain

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has introduced Rohit Sharma will lead India on the T20 World Cup in June.

“We may have lost the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup, but we won hearts there by winning 10 matches in a row. I am confident that India will lift the 2024 T20 World Cup under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy at Barbados,” Shah mentioned throughout his speech whereas the renaming the SCA Stadium because the Niranjan Shah Stadium on Wednesday.

Shah’s assertion got here with Rohit, head coach Rahul Dravid and chairman of males’s nationwide choice panel Ajit Agarkar in attendance on the operate.

Minutes later, Shah instructed a choose group of journalists that Rohit continues to stay “India’s captain in all the formats”.

He added that the choice had been made in session with the selectors earlier than Rohit and Virat Kohli returned for the T20I collection towards Australia in January.

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“Rohit was captaining (in the past and in other formats) and he came back for the Afghanistan series, which means we were going to let him continue forward,” Shah mentioned.

“When Hardik was injured in the (ODI) World Cup, who else can we give the captaincy (to)?” Shah mentioned.

“In the third T20I against Afghanistan, India were 22/4 and the way he took the team to 212/4, we can’t question much about him, right? He has the ability. As I said, we won ten games in the ODI World Cup. We didn’t win the final, but it’s part and parcel of the game. Whoever plays better, wins.”

Since India’s semifinal exit on the T20 World Cup in November 2022, Hardik Pandya has led India in a majority of T20Is. When Rohit was recalled for the T20I collection at residence towards Afghanistan in January, it was the primary indication of him and Virat Kohli set to function within the 2024 version.

Shah additionally confirmed that Hardik will likely be Rohit’s deputy on the T20 World Cup.