India captain Rohit Sharma dismissed reports of a meeting with Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar and head coach Rahul Dravid earlier this month to discuss T20 World Cup 2024 team selection. . The Mumbai batsman termed the media reports as wrong and urged the fans not to believe in speculations and rumours.
Rohit termed the news of him opening the batting with Virat Kohli in the ICC T-20 World Cup to be held in June as completely wrong. Making fun of the speculations going on in the media regarding the team selection, he said that Ajit Agarkar is keeping himself busy by playing golf in Dubai and head coach Rahul Dravid is training his sons, he is training them on red clay pitches in Mumbai. But giving cricket practice.
We have not had any meeting with BCCI official- Rohit Sharma
In Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist’s Club Prayer Fire Podcast Rohit Sharma Said that, “I did not meet anyone. Ajit Agarkar is playing golf somewhere in Dubai. Rahul Dravid watching his child playing in Bengaluru. Actually, he was in Mumbai. He invited his children to play on the red clay wickets here at CCI (Cricket Club of India). This is all that has happened right now.”
Team India captain further said, “To be honest, we have not met yet. In today’s day and age, unless you hear it from Rahul himself, Ajit or someone from BCCI coming in front of the camera and talking to him, everything is a lie.”
Former England captain Vaughan, for the sake of entertainment, asked Rohit to name one player whom he would like to keep in the team. The 36-year-old chose Rishabh Pant because of his sense of humour, especially when he is keeping wickets.