Big disclosure of former selector and Rohit’s Rajdar

Last updated:March 13, 2025, 19:11 IST

Talking to News18 Hindi, former selector and actor Salil Ankola made a big disclosure that Rohit’s retirement is absolutely unaware because only after winning the 2024 World Cup, Rohit Sharma told him that he …Read more

Former selector Salil Ankola’s statement-Team captain is not running

New Delhi. Since winning the Champions Trophy, someone is the most in the headlines, so that is the captain of the team Rohit Sharma. The discussion on Hitman also grew even greater since he put an end to the story of his retirement. When Rohit was the captain, a member present in the selection committee at that time revealed how the captain’s work and how to prepare for the future.

Salil Ankola, who was a member of the selection committee of the 2024 T20 team, spoke to News18 Hindi and talked about important issues. He told how Rohit had prepared the 2025 Champions Trophy and the road map of 2027 world in the West Indies itself.

Salil is the eye of Rohit’s roadmap

Talking to News18 Hindi, former selectors and actor Salil Ankola made a big disclosure that Rohit’s retirement is absolutely unaware because only after winning the 2024 World Cup, Rohit Sharma told him that he is making a road map to play till 2027 and will work on the strategy of playing ahead of him. Salil Ankola was selector in 2024 and was in the West Indies when Rohit won the T20 World Cup. Salil said in further conversation that I have been a witness to the process on which we played the final of the World Cup under the leadership of Rohit and set up their world cricket which shows the commitment of Indian cricket and captain.

Why Salil said that Gambhir is running the team

Talking to News18 Hindi, former selector and actor Salil Ankola further said that when he was a selector, the team’s reins from Rahul Dravid came directly to Gautam Gambhir, he was part of that process and he said directly that he would run the team in his own way. Gautam failed in the first three series but he did not give up. Salil further said that Gautam knows what he wants and he talks directly about him. Former selector and actor Salil Ankola, while talking to News18 Hindi, further said that Gautam is a very strong character and he gets his point, so I believe that the current team is the team of coach, not the captain.