Rohit Sharma is more likely to remain captain for the upcoming Test series against England after India’s sensible victory on the Champions Trophy 2025. Under Rohit’s leadership, the team won all of the matches within the competition to clinch the title with a victory over Latest Zealand in the ultimate. Following a disastrous outing within the Test series against Australia where he scored just 31 runs in 3 matches, there have been questions over Rohit’s future as skipper. Nonetheless, in accordance with Indian Express, the Champions Trophy win has prolonged Rohit’s profession and he now has the backing of BCCI in the case of captaincy.
“He has shown what he can do. Every stakeholder feels that he’s the suitable candidate to guide the Indian side for the tour of England. Rohit too has expressed his eagerness to maintain playing red-ball cricket,” a source told the Indian Express.
Meanwhile, Ricky Ponting said that while Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s experience was the backbone of India’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 success, they’d superlative support from their all-rounders, in accordance with the official website of the ICC.
Ponting stated in ICC Review, “Their all-rounders all through the tournament were outstanding,” as quoted from the official website of ICC.
“(Ravindra) Jadeja, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, were all outstanding. I said initially of the tournament I believed India can be really hard to beat due to their overall balance and since of that blend of youth and experience, and once more, in a final, the captain stands up and gets the job done for his team,” Ponting said.
With three all-rounders starting of their playing XI in all five of their games on the recently concluded Champions Trophy, India flexed an incredible batting depth, while also having an array of options to decide on with the ball.
Breaking down their contributions, Ponting said, “They were a thoroughly balanced side anyway, but because they’d so many all-rounders…once you’ve got Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, who they used up the order on quite a lot of occasions for that left-handed option, and with Jadeja there as well, they were a thoroughly balanced team.
“The one thing you’ll probably say, they probably looked somewhat bit light on fast bowling, but because it turned out, they didn’t need that,” he added.
“That is where Hardik Pandya’s role becomes really vital to have the ability to bowl with a brand new ball and get through some overs early to make it somewhat bit easier for the spinners within the backend of their Powerplay and likewise through the center overs where they predominantly bowl and spin just about all through the center of the sport,” he noted.
(With IANS inputs)
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