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Monday, Jun 23, 2025
He reached the milestone when he led the team in the second match against Bangladesh at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
In the absence of some senior players, including regular skipper Virat Kohli, the second game of the three-match series is an ideal platform for the fringe players to show what they are made of.
Rohit fielded the same team in Delhi and Rajkot, leaving the likes of Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson and Rahul Chahar to warm the bench. If not in Nagpur, they could get an opportunity in the following home series against the West Indies next month.
Pant, whose shot selection has come under the scanner on several occasions, became the centre of unwanted attention due to his poor glovework in the second T20I against Bangladesh in Rajkot.
Rohit's match-winning knock against Bangladesh in the second T20I was studded with half a dozen maximums, including three consecutive sixes off Mosaddek Hossain.
A stupendous start as a Test opener has only helped in 'Brand Rohit' get the kind of traction many believe that he always deserved.
Dhawan was seen playing with Rohit's daughter Samaira who was sitting on his father's lap. Rohit became a father in January this year during India's tour of Australia.
The stand-in captain described India's batting performance as 'one of the worst in a long time' after the visitors were shot out for 92 in a shocking eight-wicket loss to New Zealand in the fourth ODI.
Vice-captain Rohit Sharma will lead the side in his absence.
The World Cup starts in England on May 30.
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