Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer again make themselves unavailable for Ranji Trophy
India Test and ODI skipper Rohit Sharma along with batters in Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer won't be featuring the next round of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25. As per the reports in Times of India, it is learned that they will be attending BCCI's awards on 2nd February followed by short camp.
The next round of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 is all set to begin from 30th January and Mumbai will be taking on Meghalaya at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in BKC. It will be a must win game for Mumbai, especially with loss in last game.
Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer had a poor outing with the bat in the last game against Jammu and Kashmir. It was expected that he would turn out for another game to get some confidence under their belt but that won't be the case.
They are supposed to report for a short camp to Nagpur before the three-match ODI series against England - BCCI source on Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer
The source close to BCCI confirmed that after the awards, Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer will be travelling to Nagpur for the camp ahead of the England ODIs. Speaking to Times of India, he said:
"Rohit, Jaiswal and Iyer are all likely to attend the BCCI's Naman Annual awards in Mumbai on February 1. Next day (February 2), they are supposed to report for a short camp to Nagpur before the three-match ODI series against England."
Them missing the next round of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 will raise some concerns too, especially for Rohit Sharma. The batter has been going through the torrid run of form in the Tests and also failed in the last match of the Ranji Trophy, where he managed just 31 runs acorss two innings.
There has been lot of talks about the future of Rohit Sharma in Tests. The batter has been struggling to get going in the longest format of the game, failing in the series against Bangladesh and New Zealand at home and also in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
