Following the heartbreak in Ahmedabad, India captain Rohit Sharma took a lengthy leave of absence from cricket for one month. Australia thoroughly defeated India in the 2023 ODI World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium last month, capping a 10-game winning streak for the Indian team. Rohit remained the center of attention for the next 36 days as Indian cricket shifted its focus from the World Cup defeat to preparing for the T20 World Cup in June of the following year. After the 36-year-old took a more than a year-long break from T20I cricket, debates about who would or ought to captain India in the upcoming ICC tournament in the event that Rohit chose to exit the format started.
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