The ODI series between India and Sri Lanka will begin on August 2. The captain will be Rohit Sharma. As he planned to retire from the international T20 format soon after, he led the team to win the T20 International World Cup. It was a super amazing leadership quality that he had shown in the cricketing world and created history in the cricket world.
It is also indicating that he can perform better for his team in ODI and Test formats. But the question arises: can he lead the team in this format, where he is still the captain of the two formats? All these questions are to be answered, and there will be strong responses in the forthcoming series against Sri Lanka.
Questioning Rohit’s ability to still perform
Rohit Sharma is now 37 years old and the captain of one of the top teams in the world, where we can see him as the fourth top batsman in the world due to his current performance in the Men’s Batting Ranking. He made a total of 10,709 runs in the ODI format. As fans can see, he is in good form and can play. He continues to show amazing performances and is likely to do so against Sri Lanka in the upcoming series.
But one of the legendary bowlers of Sri Lanka, Muttiah Muralitharan, who is the current coach for the national team warned that a player after 40 years of age will gradually start to lose his form. As he gets older, he will naturally lose his eyesight, and in cricket, this is a critical aspect to consider. So Rohit is close to his 40s. For now, he is in good form; he can gradually lose parts of his senses soon. However, it depends on the player’s performance, practice, and training sessions as he continues to age.
Training for the Sri Lankan ODI Series
For now, the Indian captain is in Sri Lanka, where he is preparing himself for the upcoming series. This is set to take place on the second of August. Fans were very upset about his retirement from the T20 international cricket format. But they are extremely excited for him to see him playing in the ODI series. In the training session, there was the squad that was selected for the highly anticipated upcoming match.
This training session includes Virat Kohli as well because the pitches in Sri Lanka favor the spin bowlers. So he was preparing himself for the spin bowlers to deal with. We can also see Sharma and Shreyas Iyer doing practice sessions for the middle-order batting session. This shows the leadership qualities of the captain, as he is supporting his team members and helping them to tighten the batting lineup against the Sri Lankan spinners.
Harshit Rana shining in training
The right-arm fast-medium bowler Harshit Rana was also seen working on his bowling performance in the training session, which intensified that India’s new leadership coaching is allowing the new and talented players to lead the team. He is the young bowler who has recently performed amazingly in the IPL. He was in the KKR team, which is the champion team of the IPL 2024 season. Fans and followers are eagerly waiting for their favorite team to perform under the leadership of Rohit Sharma against the Sri Lankan ODI team on the given date.
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