Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli
India vs Afghanistan T20I series: Rohit Sharma will once again be seen as captain of Team India in T20 International. Rohit Sharma has not played a single T20 match since the 2022 T20 World Cup. But now he is celebrating his comeback. Virat Kohli will also be seen with him in the T20 match. What fans were waiting for most in the series against Afghanistan was whether Rohit and Kohli would return or not. The answer to this has been found. But Rohit Sharma has to find answers to three big questions before the next series.
Who will open with Rohit Sharma between Shubhman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal?
Rohit Sharma has returned as captain, so it is certain that he will open. But the question concerns his partner. Both Shubhman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been given a chance in the team. But it is also certain that only one of the two can play in the starting eleven. Although Shubman Gill has been paired with Rohit so far, the kind of performance that Yashasvi Jaiswal has given in recent times is also quite strong. Talking about Shubman Gill's T20 stats, he has scored 312 runs in 13 matches so far. Here his average is 26 and his strike rate is a little over 145. Talking about Yashasvi Jaiswal, he has played 15 T20 International matches so far. He has 430 runs to his name. His average is 33.07 and the strike rate is 159.25. This means that both have played almost the same number of games. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma has to decide who should be given a chance in the starting XI for the first game and who should be left out.
Only one of Sanju Samson and Jitesh Sharma will get a chance.
After that, the second big question before him will be who among Jitesh Sharma and Sanju Samson should get a chance. The BCCI selection committee has retained both of them in the squad. Sanju Samson has played 24 T20 International matches for India so far, scoring 374 runs with his bat. His average is 19.68 and the strike rate is 133.57. While Jitesh Sharma has still started playing. He has played only 7 games for India so far and scored 69 runs. His average is 13.80 and strike rate is 150. Captain Rohit Sharma will get a chance to play only one of these two. Neither of them will be able to play, that is also certain.
Rohit Sharma also has to make a decision regarding the spinners
The third decision that Rohit Sharma has to make is about bowling. There is not much excitement in fast bowling. But while Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar are included as spinners, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi have also been retained in the team. Axar Patel and Washington Sundar help score runs with both the ball and bat while Kuldeep Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi are pure bowlers. In such a situation, whether Rohit wants to play with all-round spinners or he has to decide with the bowler only. The Afghan team might be underestimated but Rohit knows very well that any team can beat anyone in T20. Also, Rohit wouldn't want to lose in the final T20 International series just before the T20 World Cup, so he will come into the field at full strength. It remains to be seen which XI Rohit Sharma will announce when he plays in the first match of the series against Afghanistan on January 11.
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