“Bahut hi zyada memes ban rahe hai is sawal ko leke” - Mohammed Shami opens up on Shubman Gill becoming the new ODI captain

Star Indian pacer Mohammed Shami has opened up on the Indian selection committee appointing Shubman Gill as the new ODI captain, replacing Rohit Sharma for the forthcoming three-match ODI series vs Australia Down Under.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Shami asserted that Gill has enough captaincy experience by now after leading the Gujarat Titans franchise in the Indian Premier League and the Indian Test team in the Anderson Tendulkar Trophy in England.

"Bahut hi zyada memes ban rahe hai is sawal ko leke (There have been a lot of memes on this question). I feel there should not be any objection. This is the decision of the BCCI, selectors, and coaches. Shubman captained India in England, and he is the skipper of the Gujarat Titans as well. So, he has the experience. Someone had to be given this responsibility, and the BCCI chose Shubman Gill for that, so we should accept it," Shami said on his YouTube channel.

"People should not raise questions over the captaincy. This is not in our hands. Someone is the captain today, and there will be someone else tomorrow. This cycle will continue,” he added.

For the unversed, the BCCI selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, has picked Gill as the new ODI captain, replacing Rohit Sharma. Notably, this series will act as a comeback series for the talismanic batting duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, having last played in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

India’s ODI squad for the Australian tour: Shubman Gill (Captain), 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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