Last Sunday, when the Chief of the Selection Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Ajit Agarkar announced the appointment of Shubman Gill as the captain of the One-Day format (ODI), an era came to an end in Team India. Along with this, questions also started being raised on the future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. However, this decision of the BCCI was shocking, because Rohit did not make any mistake as India’s ODI captain. However, the BCCI had its own reasons. Their logic was clear. They wanted to prepare Gill for the 2027 World Cup.
But the news of Rohit Sharma being stripped of the captaincy went viral on social media like a wind. But amidst your posts, questions and speculations, a post made from Rohit Sharma’s account 13 years ago became very popular.
‘Hitman’s’ 13-year-old post goes viral again. In this post, Rohit wrote, ‘End of an era (45) and the start of a new one (77)…” Fans immediately linked this post with Rohit’s jersey number (45) and his successor Shubman Gill’s jersey number (77). This coincidence shocked everyone on social media and many people started wondering whether Rohit had predicted the captaincy change in 2025 in 2012 itself?
However, the truth behind this post is that at that time Rohit himself was changing his jersey number from 45 to 77.
26-year-old Shubman Gill has now officially taken over the command of Team India in two formats. After Rohit’s retirement from Test cricket, Gill was made the Test captain. In his first campaign, he captained the team in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy held in England. Under his captaincy, India drew the series 2-2. Draw, even though he did not have much experienced guidance around him.
Now Gill will begin his ODI captaincy journey in Australia, where the first match will be played in Perth on October 19. Aaron Finch is also among those excited about Gill’s captaincy debut. He believes that having the support of Rohit and Kohli will prove to be a big support for the 26-year-old Gill.
After becoming the ODI captain, Gill now has his eyes on the World Cup. India will play about 20 ODI matches before the World Cup, and Gill’s goal is to lift the World Cup trophy in South Africa.
