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BCCI Holds Meeting to Review Team India's BGT Show
The Statesman
|January 12, 2025
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday held a meeting at its headquarters in Mumbai to review the team's performance in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar series in Australia, where Rohit Sharma's men conceded the trophy for the first time in a decade after suffering a 3-1 defeat to the hosts in the five-Test rubber.
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The series loss against Australia also ended India's hopes of reaching the ICC World Test Championships final, scheduled at the Lord's in June, this year. While the exact details of the meeting are yet to be revealed, sources informed that the discussions revolved around India's top order batting failures throughout the tour, and the prolonged lean patch endured by the seasoned duo of Rohit and Virat Kohli in the longest format.
Rohit, along with chief selector Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gautam Gambhir, were part of the meeting with top officials of the BCCI—president Roger Binny, joint secretary Devajit Saikia (currently discharging the functions of secretary), and vice president Rajiv Shukla. Agarkar was present in Australia for the entire duration of the BGT as the touring selector.
This story is from the January 12, 2025 edition of The Statesman.
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