GUWAHATI: India captain Rohit Sharma on Monday dismissed hypothesis that Hardik Pandya was set to be the full-time T20I captain and that he would take a backseat within the shortest format.
“Firstly, it’s not potential to play back-to-back matches. You want to present them sufficient break. I positively fall in that as properly. We have three T20Is towards New Zealand. We will see what occurs after IPL. I’ve not determined to surrender the format,” Rohit stated.
“It was made clear in the past that it’s a World Cup year for us, the 50-over World Cup, and for some of the guys, it’s not possible to play all formats. If you look at the schedule, the matches are back-to-back. So, we decided to look at players’ workload. We give them enough break and manage them,” Rohit defined.
“We have only 6 T20Is, 3 are over. We have 3 more against New Zealand. So, we will manage to look after those till the IPL and we will see what happens after the IPL.
“But definitely, I’ve not determined to surrender the format,” Sharma added. Asked who would be his opening partner on Tuesday — between youngsters Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan — Rohit said, “Both openers have executed rather well. But how each have gone via, I feel it is truthful that we give Gill an opportunity to have a good run as a result of Gill received a variety of runs final 12 months.
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“So is Ishan, I’m not gonna take anything away from that. He has been wonderful for us, got a double hundred and I know what it takes to get a double hundred. It’s a great achievement. It is unfortunate that we won’t be able to play Ishan but, looking at how things have panned out for us in the last 8-9 months in looking at how the ODIs have gone through for us, it’s fair to give Gill that run,” he added.
Gill, opening for India final 12 months alongside Shikhar Dhawan, scored persistently properly on the West Indies, Zimbabwe and New Zealand excursions. The skipper additionally hinted the identical when requested in regards to the choice dilemma within the center order, the place Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul will are available in.
Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka, in the meantime, is trying on the ODI sequence pretty much as good preparation for the World Cup to be hosted in India.
“It’s an important tournament for all Sri Lankans because World Cup is going to be held here in India, so I’m looking forward to this series. It’s a very good preparation, the conditions will be similar. The boys know the importance of this tournament,” Shanaka stated.