Three Indian Players Get BCCI Exception in New Test Rule
After Rohit Sharma and company successfully concluded the T20 World Cup 2024 campaign, India’s 11-year wait for an ICC championship is over. The World Test Championship final and the 2025 Champions Trophy are the team’s next two main goals, and Rohit Sharma and company are already preparing for them. For veterans like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who have already stepped down from T20I cricket, those two events would be vital. Players that aspire to play for their country’s national side were required by the BCCI to participate in domestic tournaments prior to the T20 World Cup.
As to a report published by the news agency PTI, the BCCI has advanced. There are three exclusions, nevertheless.
Even elite cricket players ought to make themselves available for domestic engagements when they are not on national duty, according to BCCI secretary Jay Shah. However, there will be an exception made for players like Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit, and Virat Kohli. However, in order to prepare for the Tests against Bangladesh and New Zealand in August, the BCCI would like all the other Test specialists to participate in at least one, if not more, Duleep Trophy matches.
“The Duleep Trophy zonal selection committee is not present this time. Duleep teams will be chosen by a national selection committee alone.
Every candidate for the Test team will be chosen. It will be up to Rohit, Virat, and Bumrah to decide whether or not they want to participate,” the source continued.
The first two Test series that Gautam Gambhir coached are the ones that will be discussed.
Dale Steyn, a former pacer for South Africa, expressed his joy at Gautam Gambhir’s selection to lead Team India.
“I am a big fan of Gautam Gambhir. I love his aggression. He is one of the few Indians I ever played against who came back at you, and I like that. I think he is going to take that into the dressing room with guys like Virat and some of the other senior players who might not play as big a part anymore. I am not too sure. Not just in India, but in world cricket, we need guys who are a little bit more aggressive and play the game a little bit harder,” he said.
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