For the first time in the history of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, all 16 captains will be together for a media opportunity in central Melbourne on Saturday, 15 October. The media event will take place at the Plaza Ballroom, where there will be an opportunity to hear from each captain and ask questions. It will also be streamed live via ICC’s Facebook channel. T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma breaks silence on Jasprit Bumrah injury.
Team India captain Rohit Sharma and Pakistan Babar Azam too will be attending the media interaction on Saturday before their big clash in the T20 World Cup 2022 on October 23 (Sunday) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022, all-team captains’ addressed the media on Saturday.
During the event at the MCG, India captain Rohit Sharma spoke at length about premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s absence. Calling him a quality bowler, Rohit admitted the T20 WC is important but Bumrah’s career is more important and hence taking a risk would not be judicious. “He’s a quality bowler. He has been doing good for us for so many years. Unfortunately, as I said earlier, injuries happen. It’s not in your hands.
We spoke to many specialists about his injury, but there was no good response. Yes, this World Cup is important, but his career is more important to us. He is just 27 or 28, and has a lot of cricket ahead of him in the future. We can’t take the risk, and that is what the specialists told us. He’ll play a lot more and win a lot many matches for India. But yes, his absence will be felt,” Rohit on Bumrah’s injury.
The qualifying stage of the tournament will begin from October 16 onwards where four teams will be vying for a spot in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup. The mega event starts tomorrow where Sri Lanka would take on Namibia in the opener. As per IST, the match starts at 9:30 AM. “We play a big part in that. All of us are ambassadors in their own way.
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It’s important for us to lead by example, especially the kids. We want our next generation to play the sport. We all encourage them to come forward and take up the sport. That’s what we want. We want to make it as global as we can,” Rohit on the importance of the T20 WC.
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