Interesting bits from PC and net session today | Rohit Dropped from Sydney Test

[Number]

A few hours later the confirmation is here

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Collected these from twitter feeds of some reporters who were there.

 

- 2 chairs were kept today for India PC.

 

- At the last minute one was removed and Gambhir came in.

 

- Gambhir refused to comment on whether Rohit will play and said will see the pitch and decide team combination. Strong murmur in the PC room after this and he is again asked about it and he said the answer remains same.

 

- On being asked why captain isn't there in PC, he said the head coach is here and that should be enough.

 

- Long chats between Agarkar, Gambhir and Bumrah.

 

- Gambhir comes to nets to give a pat on the back of Gill and shakes hands with him 

- Bumrah follows Gambhir and does the same to Gill (next VC ??)

 

- Rohit is not seen in the slip cordon practice for the first time

New slip cordon - Kohli, KL, Reddy

 

- Rohit comes for a late batting session with just throwdowns.

 

Now they have made it interesting enough to see who walks out for the toss tomorrow. 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 2, 2025 by Number

[R!TTER]

Did the original angry young/small midget blew a gasket & do a MC/BC out there

[diga]

will be interesting to see the reaction from Bombayya lobby

[Rasgulla]

12 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

Did the original angry young/small midget blew a gasket & do a MC/BC out there

Stupid stupid stupid he said 

[wanted_desi]

Rohit is Fired! 

[Lord]

Rohit out

 

 

[Number]

3 minutes ago, Lord said:

Rohit out

 

 

Have to wait till tomorrow.

BCCI officials may intervene as per reports from Rohit Juglan. They are asking GG to give one match to Rohit, though GG is not willing.

[Lord]

1 minute ago, Number said:

Have to wait till tomorrow.

BCCI officials may intervene as per reports from Rohit Juglan. They are asking GG to give one match to Rohit, though GG is not willing.

 

Will be amazing if it happens lol

[NameGoesHere]

Finally! Rohit will be Rohit 

 

Now if only Kohli can be GoLee my day would be complete. 

[Vickydev]

It's been a while coming. Respect for my man Gambo if true, hope he sends him home rather than have him stick around the dressing room

[goose]

gambhir - i am very excited by the transactions in indian cricket

[R!TTER]

1 hour ago, Lord said:

Will be amazing if it happens lol

Which part fat arse being dropped or BCCI not intervening 

[Lord]

3 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

Which part fat arse being dropped or BCCI not intervening 

 

both lead to same thing 

[lemsip]

1 hour ago, Number said:

Have to wait till tomorrow.

BCCI officials may intervene as per reports from Rohit Juglan. They are asking GG to give one match to Rohit, though GG is not willing.

Doesn't make sense. It is not within Gambhir's authority to remove Rohit unilaterally. The captain is appointed by BCCI not the coach. The only way this would have happened is if Gambhir asked Rohit to step away for this match and Rohit agreed or was persuaded. If he had dug in, the BCCI would have had to sack him

[Lord]

7 minutes ago, lemsip said:

Doesn't make sense. It is not within Gambhir's authority to remove Rohit unilaterally. The captain is appointed by BCCI not the coach. The only way this would have happened is if Gambhir asked Rohit to step away for this match and Rohit agreed or was persuaded. If he had dug in, the BCCI would have had to sack him

Chappell removed Ganguly the same way.

 

GG is not some random dude. He has his links in BCCI too. 

[R!TTER]

12 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

both lead to same thing 

Hence the tautology 

 

11 minutes ago, lemsip said:

It is not within Gambhir's authority to remove Rohit unilaterally.

If you're talking about GG he is a former BJP MP, purely in terms of "influence" he has it more than anyone in the current setup including BRat. Now if you take MI, RCB or CSK that's when things change, because indirectly these franchisees would have more influence especially when it comes to protecting their brand values, although I doubt they'd like to go against the BCCI right now for players who'll likely retire within the next year or two!

[lemsip]

Whatever he did it's the right outcome and that's what matters at the end of the day

[Sean Bradley]

Wont be surprised if we all of a sudden play with unexpected Urja and Josh. If somehow we manage to pull a victory here, the answer would be an obvious one, that the problem was always Rohit Sharma and his captaincy. 

[R!TTER]

I wouldn't say he was the only problem - BRat has been a bigger issue for us for at least 5 years now! The obvious solution for him would've been to leave captaincy himself, ideally he should've "rested" himself for the last test against NZ & let maybe KL or whoever else to lead the side. You have to remember that it's not just his captaincy that's been bad - team slections, specially at home have been well below par, plus this *ing stupid "intent" thing 

 

It's the second time I'm hearing that *ing word after BRat dropped Pujara back in 2018(?) during Eng tour!

[singhvivek141]

15 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

I wouldn't say he was the only problem - BRat has been a bigger issue for us for at least 5 years now! The obvious solution for him would've been to leave captaincy himself, ideally he should've "rested" himself for the last test against NZ & let maybe KL or whoever else to lead the side. You have to remember that it's not just his captaincy that's been bad - team slections, specially at home have been well below par, plus this *ing stupid "intent" thing 

 

It's the second time I'm hearing that *ing word after BRat dropped Pujara back in 2018(?) during Eng tour!

NRI will face the heat if he continues to remain an NPA.

Till now, majority of focus was on Rohit and he was flying under the radar.

Now, with Rohit allegedly not playing Sydney test...he might not have choice but to perform.