“He is gonna be 41” - Robin Uthappa opens up on Rohit Sharma losing ODI captaincy

Former Indian cricketer and analyst Robin Uthappa has come up with his brutal verdict on Rohit Sharma losing the ODI captaincy role ahead of the upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia Down Under.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Uthappa has noted that Rohit will be 41 by the time the ICC World Cup 2027 commences in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. He also backed the decision made by selectors to appoint Shubman Gill as the new ODI captain.

"He's gonna be, in all honesty, 41 when that World Cup comes around. Right? So, you gotta keep that in consideration as well. And for all intents and purposes, I think it's done with taking the decision when the stakes are low rather than when the stakes are high, you don't want another situation like what happened in Australia," Robin Uthappa said on his YouTube channel.

"To happen to Rohit Sharma, he's too good a player for something to happen to him like that again. So, maybe to avoid all those stuffs. Maybe, I don't know... You don't want an uncomfortable situation like that, and if he keeps himself fit, then no questions there. You know Rohit and Virat will be a part of that side," he added.

"I don't see form kind of dipping that sense, but it's just about reflexes and does that work, and how those things work because right now, they are not playing a lot of cricket as well. The only cricket they'll find themselves playing is perhaps the IPL and One Day cricket, and perhaps maybe some domestic One Day matches if they do come by," he concluded.

For the unversed, while Gill has been named the new ODI skipper for the forthcoming ODI series vs Australia, Shreyas Iyer has been elevated as the new deputy for him.

India ODI squad for Australia series: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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