Rohit will lead team India in the 2024 T20 World Cup, Jay Shah confirms
Jay Shah has announced that Rohit Sharma will captain the Indian team in the upcoming 2024 ICC T20 World Cup.
New Delhi: Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian cricket team in the upcoming edition of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the US later this year. BCCI Secretary Jay Shah himself confirmed this while speaking at the renaming of the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium to the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on February 14.
“We may have lost the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup. But we won hearts there by winning ten games in a row. I would like to say that I am confident that India will lift the 2024 T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma in Barbados,” Shah said.
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Shah delivered a speech in the presence of former Indian captains Sunil Gavaskar and Anil Kumble. The meeting was also attended by current chief selector Ajit Agarkar, incumbent head coach Rahul Dravid, Rohit, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and some members of the Indian team's support staff along with IPL chairman Arun Dhumal.
Star cricketers Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja were felicitated at the event at the stadium now called Niranjan Shah Stadium.