Rohit Sharma’s future as an India player was reportedly discussed during the BCCI’s meeting with India head coach Gautam Gambhir, Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill, T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer and Centre of Excellence (CoE) head VVS Laxman on Thursday (September 3) in Mumbai. However, after the conclusion of the meeting, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia dismissed rumours of Rohit’s retirement from the ODI format.
It was previously reported that Rohit would not be picked for Team India after the third ODI against England at Lord’s on July 19, with the selectors keen to give Yashasvi Jaiswal more opportunities as they look to prepare him for the 2027 ODI World Cup. However, following Thursday’s review meeting, which was not attended by chief selector Ajit
Agarkar, Saikia said that Rohit is playing well and that the board does not pay attention to rumours.
“He is playing superbly in all matches. So what more do you want? In the last match (against England) he scored 138 runs, so why there is a speculation? So I do not want to give some fodder for the speculators,” Saikia told reporters after the end of BCCI’s review meeting.
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Saikia also said there was no discussion on the extension of contract for chief selector Ajit Agarkar, who was not present at the review meeting.
“Today he (Agarkar) was out of station, he could not be a part of the meeting because this meeting was called at a very short notice. Our head of the selection committee, Ajit, was not in town so he could not join it. He was in such area that he could not join online also in spite of our best efforts,” Saikia said of Agarkar’s absence.
Asked if there was any discussion in regards to an extension for Agarkar as the chairman of selectors, Saikia replied, “There was no such discussion in today’s meeting.”
Saikia also quashed rumours surrounding VVS Laxman’s appointment as the BCCI’s director of cricket.
“I do not comment on new rumours, we did not have any such kind of discussion, neither we have such intention,” he said.
