Ex-India manager Jaydev Shah breaks silence on Rohit Sharma-BCCI rift rumours

In the midst of the permanent whisper of a potential crack between Rohit Sharma and BCCI, Jaydev Shah, an former Indian team manager, broke the silence and offers a sincere perspective to the longest format decision of the star dough. During the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Cup in Australia, Shah, who was the ruler, claimed that Rohit was forced to retire by the board of directors.

Speaking on a podcast, Shah said that Rohit’s decision was directed by a combination of a combination of desire to lead to younger talents while looking at the form, family life and India’s new ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle.

“He had a baby, he came back and couldn’t run, Shah said Shah, remembering Rohit’s struggle with the bat at that time. “Okay, it was out of the form. He fell from the last test (in Sydney), but then the champions won the cup.

Shah stressed that BCCI wanted to build a team for the upcoming WTC cycle and made it a “common understanding”. Also, Rohit’s physical challenges, “Rohit did not seem to last two years. He also had an injury, so he did not play a few IPL matches.”

Jaydev Shah’s announcement tried to eliminate rumors about the sudden test retirement of Rohit, which took place only weeks before the team for the current Tendulkar-Anrson Cup. Although the team’s long -term goals and form is important, it implies that the experienced cricket is the last word. Rohit Sharma, who has recently retired from the Test and T20i cricket after taking India to the Champions Cup Glory, is still a vital member of the ODI team.

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