'Family commitments should take backseat now,' Gavaskar lashes out at Rohit Sharma and co.

IND vs AUS: India captain Rohit Sharma didn't play first ODI vs Australia at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai due to family commitments. Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya led Team India in his absence and later team won match by five wickets. Indian team restricted Aussies to a low score bowling first in Mumbai but later suffered a batting collapse before KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja rescued m and took ir team over line. 

Former India batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes that India captain Rohit Sharma should avoid taking up breaks due to family commitments as re is a big ODI World Cup about to happen later this year. 

Gavaskar said: 'I think he needs to play every game'

While speaking to Star Sports Sunil Gavaskar said, “I think he needs to play every game. You can’t have a captain who is re for one match and t re for rest. It is so important. It can happen to any or player but I think and I kw it was a family commitment, so he had to be re. That’s understandable."

“When it comes to World Cup, you can’t have a family commitment; it’s as simple as that. Maybe before that, finish everything that you haven't done unless it’s an emergency. An emergency is something completely different", Gavaskar added. 

“You need continuity in leadership. re’s a feeling that you have got everybody with you, orwise, re are two leaders. n re are two leaders that team is looking at", Gavaskar said. 

Rohit Sharma guided Indian team to a 2-1 victory over Australia in four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Rohit was t able to avoid 2-1 defeat in three-match ODI series furr as Indian team lost both matches in Visakhapatnam and Chennai after winning first match in Mumbai. 

With ODI World Cup 2023 ahead this is a matter of concern for Indian team as in whole series ne of batsmen were able to score big runs and few who got starts didn't convert m into half-century or hundreds. 

Australia, on or hand, has made a statement to world cricket and have indicated that y are capable to win World Cup 2023 for a record sixth time.