Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly supported the decision to replace Rohit Sharma as the ODI captain ahead of the upcoming Australian tour. Ganguly also added that the management must have reached a final decision after consultation with Rohit, or so it appears from the outside as well.

Talking about this, Ganguly said (via TOI): “I think it has been done in consultation with Rohit, from outside… I don’t know what’s inside. Somewhere down the line, I feel that it’s a fair call. Rohit can keep playing and in the meantime, you keep grooming a young captain. So, I really don’t see a problem in that. In the last two years, he (Rohit) has won the T20 World Cup. He has won the Champions Trophy. So, performance is not the issue with Rohit Sharma. But when they go to 2027 in South Africa, he will be 40 years old. And that’s a big number in sport. And he has played for so long. So, I don’t think anybody is sure whether Rohit will actually play when he is 40. So, I don’t think it’s the worst decision. It happens to everyone.”

Sourav Ganguly also urged Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to play domestic cricket regularly to be in top form as well. The veteran duo have retired from T20Is and Tests and only available for India only in the 50-over format.

“Yes, 40 is a lot of age. It depends on him (Rohit) — how fit he stays, how much cricket he plays and how many runs he scores… Whatever opportunity they get, they have to play domestic cricket. Because cricket is a sport where you have to keep playing — otherwise, you lose the touch and the form and the contact. For the tour of England, I thought he was brilliant. I have seen the five-Test series. The way he has played and the way he has captained the team is extraordinary. That is why he has been made the captain of the ODI team for the future. Lot of potential, both as a player and captain,” concluded Sourav Ganguly.