{"id":8071,"date":"2024-02-15T10:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T04:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=398449"},"modified":"2024-02-15T10:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T04:57:40","slug":"jay-shah-confirms-rohit-sharmas-role-as-captain-for-t20-world-cup-hardik-pandya-to-be-vice-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/jay-shah-confirms-rohit-sharmas-role-as-captain-for-t20-world-cup-hardik-pandya-to-be-vice-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Shah confirms Rohit Sharma\u2019s role as captain for T20 World Cup, Hardik Pandya to be vice-captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant announcement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah declared that Rohit Sharma will lead India at the upcoming T20 World Cup, expressing confidence in his leadership abilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rohit Sharma \u2013 Captain of team India at the World Cup. \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xo0WhkGbKY\">pic.twitter.com\/xo0WhkGbKY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mufaddal_vohra\/status\/1757823381943050742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event to rename the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium to Niranjan Shah Stadium, Shah emphasized India\u2019s impressive performance in the 2023 ODI World Cup under Rohit\u2019s captaincy, despite falling short in the final. He expressed optimism about India\u2019s prospects in the 2024 T20 World Cup in Barbados under Rohit\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rohit's reaction<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RohitSharma?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RohitSharma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jayshah?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jayshah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IdiKGFMUqD\">pic.twitter.com\/IdiKGFMUqD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RVCJ Sports (@RVCJ_Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RVCJ_Sports\/status\/1757834353110102182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shah elaborated on the decision, highlighting Rohit\u2019s experience as a captain and his recent contributions in the T20 format, particularly his match-winning performance against Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the absence of alternatives for the T20I captaincy following Hardik Pandya\u2019s injury, Shah confirmed Pandya\u2019s role as the vice-captain, emphasizing his importance in the leadership group.<\/p>\n<p>With Rohit Sharma at the helm and Hardik Pandya as vice-captain, the Indian team gears up for the T20 World Cup with high hopes and expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant announcement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah declared that Rohit Sharma\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":30954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[143,1159],"class_list":["post-8071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-hardik-pandya","tag-jay-shah"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}