'If Hardik was sitting then who would be the captain?', Jay Shah Told The Reason For Giving Command

Shah glorified Rohit in the program. He also explained the reason for presenting Valentines as a 'global' and 'literary' businessman.

India will play under Rohit Sharma in the T20 World Cup to be held in America and West Indies in Maharashtra in June this year. Austrian Secretary Jai Shah gave this information during a function in Rajkot. In the speech given during the ceremony, Jay Shah said that despite 10 consecutive wins in the final of the last World Cup in 2023, we may not have won the World Cup, but we both won. I promise you that under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, we will plant the Indian flag in Barbados (the final venue of the World Cup) in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Shah was speaking as the chief guest at a function organized to name the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium after cricket administrator Niranjan Shah.

'Who will captain?'

Shah praised Rohit profusely in the program. He also explained the reason for giving captaincy to Rohit instead of giving captaincy to Hardik Pandya. He said, 'Hardik will be the vice-captain in T20. If Hardik gets injured in the T20 World Cup, then who else can we give the captaincy? Shah meant to say that if Rohit-Virat did not play and Hardik got injured in the middle of the tournament, then who would be given the captaincy?

This is considered to be Shah's taunt of Hardik. Pandya got injured after playing four matches during the 2023 ODI World Cup. Since then, Hardik has not been seen in action on the field and is in rehab. This is the big reason behind not giving him the captaincy. Also, the way Hardik was made the captain of Mumbai Indians in the IPL, there is a strong possibility that something is wrong between Rohit and Hardik.

Jai Shah praised Rohit a lot.

Jai Shah said, 'Rohit has potential. As I said, we won 10 matches in the ODI World Cup. We didn't win the final, but that's part of the game. Whoever plays better wins. Rohit was the captain in all formats earlier also. He also made a comeback in T20 against Afghanistan. This means that we will move forward with them only. Shah said that the way Rohit took the team to 212/4 after the fall of four wickets for 22 runs in the third T20 against Afghanistan. After this, we cannot ask many questions about this.

Dravid-Agarkar was also present at the ceremony.

Shah gave this speech in the presence of Sunil Gavaskar, Anil Kumble, and IPL Chairman Arun Singh Dhumal. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar, coach Rahul Dravid, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, and Mohammed Siraj were also present during this ceremony. Hardik Pandya was the full-time captain of the Indian T20 team. Still, the defeat at the hands of Australia in the ODI World Cup final and Hardik's injury gave rise to talks of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli playing in the T20 World Cup. After this, Rohit and Virat were also selected to join the team for the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan. Both made a comeback in the T20 format after about a year.