India, Oct. 5 -- The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee took a significant call, once again signaling a clear shift in direction in Indian cricket. On Saturday, at a presser for the upcoming white-ball tour of Australia, the chief selector confirmed Shubman Gill as the new ODI captain, ending Rohit Sharma's three-year tenure in the role. But the BCCI has one final plan in place for the 25-year-old, which is reportedly set to be confirmed next March.

Explaining his decision to move on from Rohit, despite his achievement as a leader in white-ball cricket, which includes back-to-back ICC trophies - the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy, Agarkar said that the results had no effect on the committee's decision and it was rathe...