Many senior players will not play T20 format next year, transition will kick off: Source | Cricket News
While it looks like Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik have played their last matches in the shortest format, BCCI will let Kohli and Rohit decide on their T20I future.
After the team’s humiliating defeat in T20 World Cup In the semi-final, an apparently upset Rohit was comforted by head coach Rahul Dravid, who appeared to the media after the game.
The next T20 World Cup is still two years away and if that is to be believed, there will be a brand new team to replace with Hardik Pandya as the long-term captain’s choice.
“BCCI never asks anyone to retire. It’s a personal decision. But yes, with only a handful of T20Is planned for 2023, most seniors will focus on ODI and test matches in that cycle,” a BCCI source told PTI. anonymous conditions.
“You don’t have to announce your retirement if you don’t want to. You won’t see most seniors competing in T20 next year,” the source added.
However, Dravid said it was too early to talk about the transition when PTI asked him about the future of senior players like Kohli and Rohit.
“It’s too early to talk about that right after the semi-final,” said Dravid. “These guys have performed very well for us. Like you said, we have a few years to reflect on that.”
While some of the players are already contemporary goodies of the game, Dravid doesn’t want anyone to rush them.
“There are some really good quality players here, so it’s absolutely not the right time to talk about these things or think about these things right now.
“We will have enough matches, enough matches as we go on, and India will try to build and prepare for the next World Cup,” the head coach added.
It is understood that in the next one year, the T20Is will sit after India played at least 25 ODIs, attending the next World Cup more than 50 years at home.
A look at India’s FTP calendar shows that until the 50th World Cup, the team will only play 12 T20I matches in the form of bilateral matches (home and away), starting with three matches at New Zealand next week.
With Shubman Gill at his side and Rishabh Pant (the tour’s vice-captain) also a keen opener, polish Powerplay’s grammar is subject to change.
Don’t forget an extraordinary talent Prithvi Shaw, who was repeatedly overlooked during Dravid’s time as a coach.
Rohit and Kohli are big names and BCCI will likely let them decide on charting the next phase of their careers.
Rohit is now 35 years old, and two years from now at 37, he is not expected to lead the T20I team in a global meeting.
In the event that Karthik acts as the designated finisher, it is a short-term arrangement to remember the T20 World Cup.
As far as Ashwin is concerned, there is no serious threat perception in the minds of those who beat their opponents in the entire tournament. Three of his six goals in six games came against Zimbabwe and the economic rate of 8.15 is nothing to write home about.
Washington Sundar, who previously fixed his position with numerous injuries, will now have a longer rope.
The only tough call will come to KL Rahul, whose 120.75 strike rate reflects things have gone wrong with the Indian team.
He was the only opener among the top teams, who played the first two times and failed to hit double digits against any of the top teams (4 with Pakistan, 9 with SA, 9 with England) in the big games.
Rahul hasn’t been able to change his game despite a lot of criticism and his non-performance has been so obvious that it will be hard to ignore when the selectors meet to pick a team for the T20 series. with Sri Lanka.
Upton’s contract ends
Coach Paddy Upton’s contract with the Indian team ended with the conclusion of India’s T20 World Cup campaign.
Upton’s second stint with the Indian team did not yield the desired results as the team excelled in both the Asian Cup and the T20 World Cup.
