Under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, India will win T20 World Cup: Jay Shah ends all speculations

BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Wednesday seemingly ended the speculation about India’s captaincy conundrum for the T20 World Cup when he said that Rohit Sharma, not Hardik Pandya, will lead India into the tournament in West Indies.

“Under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy India will win the T20 World Cup in Barbados,” Shah said at the Niranjan Shah Stadium event in Rajkot.

With Rohit returning to the T20I fold after the 2022 T20 World Cup debacle in the recent series against Afghanistan, it now all but confirmed from Shah’s words that he’ll be the one leading the team.

Pandya had been handling the captaincy duties in the shortest format in Rohit’s absence and had led India in most of the T20I series after the 2022 World Cup.

Pandya is currently undergoing rehab for his ankle injury, suffered during the ODI World Cup last year against Bangladesh and will aim to get fit before the latest edition of the Indian Premier League where he will lead the Mumbai Indians after replacing Rohit as captain for the franchise.

Last year, Shah was asked about the T20I captaincy situation and he had refused to comment on it saying there was still time.

“What is the need to have clarity right now? It (T20 World Cup) is starting in June, we have the IPL before that and the series against Afghanistan,” Shah had said on the sidelines of the Women’s Premier League auction.

India will play Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and co-hosts USA in the group stages of the 2024 T20 World Cup.

While the first match will see USA play Canada on June, the final will be played on June 29 in Barbados. The high-voltage rivalry between India and Pakistan will see its latest chapter play out on June 9 in the city of New York.

While India had clinched the title by pipping Pakistan in the inaugural edition in 2007, the latter would go on to lift the trophy in 2009.

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