Rohit Sharma Press Conference: Virat Kohli’s Role to Playing XI; Things India’s New Captain Can Reveal Ahead of West Indies Series

Rohit Sharma Press Conference: With the team not in the right state of mind as per reports, it would be interesting how Rohit deals with the hard questions from the press.

Ahmedabad: India’s newly-appointed full-time limited-overs captain Rohit Sharma would address his first press conference on Saturday on the eve of the first ODI versus West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium. While it is not the ideal time for him to take over as India was whitewashed recently by South Africa, expectations are high from Rohit – who has been successful whenever he has led teams.

With the team not in the right state of mind as per reports, it would be interesting how Rohit deals with the hard questions from the press. Here are the things one feels Rohit could address ahead of the ODI.

Kohli’s Role: The ex-India captain would for the first time play under the leadership of Rohit and hence all eyes would be in their chemistry in the middle. How much of a role would Kohli have in the leadership decisions would be another thing to watch out for. It would be intriguing to hear Rohit’s version on this.

Who Will OPEN? With Shikhar Dhawan and Ruturaj Gaikwad likely to be unavailable for selection for the match, will KL Rahul open with Rohit, or would the team experiment with Ishan Kishan considering a left-right combination at the top always helps. And eyeing the two big ICC events coming up, will the management give Kishan a go?

India’s Playing XI: Rohit could also reveal the playing XI for the 1st ODI. He could split beans on will Deepak Hooda make his ODI debut or not and KL Rahul’s position in the batting order.

Blueprint For ICC Trophies: With two big ICC events coming up in the next few months, it would be interesting to see if Rohit is game to discuss the blueprint going ahead.