The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played between India and Australia from November. All the fans are eagerly waiting for this. This is happening for the first time that a series of five Test matches will be played in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Team India will go to Australia in two batches for the tour. For this, the first batch of the team left for Australia from Mumbai Airport on 10 November. Meanwhile, the news is coming out that captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma will not be available in the first match of the series. In such a situation, the question was arising in everyone’s mind that who will captain the team in place of Rohit. Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir has answered this. Let’s know what he said.
Let us tell you that the Indian team’s ODI and Test captain Hitman Rohit Sharma is going to be the father of his second child and will be with his wife Ritika Sajdeh during this time. Because of this, he will not be available in the first match of the Test series starting in Australia.
Indian team head coach Gambhir told in a press conference before the departure of the first batch that fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will captain the team in place of Rohit. He said, “At present there is no confirmation about Rohit not playing. Hopefully he will be available. If this happens then Jasprit Bumrah is the vice-captain of the team and he will be the captain.” Apart from captaincy, head coach Gambhir also answered about the opening of the Indian team in Rohit’s absence. Gambhir said that we have many options, including players like Abhimanyu Easwaran and KL Rahul, and when we are close to the first Test match, we will decide who will open for the team. We will try to field the best playing XI there.
