India vs Sri Lanka: Rohit Sharma has "no plans to give up playing T20Is"

India vs Sri Lanka: India captain Rohit Sharma has stated that he has decided not to give up playing for the national team in T20Is amid talks about all-rounder Hardik Pandya being handed over T20I captaincy ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Rohit is set to make his return to competitive cricket through the first ODI against Sri Lanka at Guwahati on Tuesday, after sustaining a left thumb injury during the second ODI against Bangladesh on December 7.

"Firstly, it is not possible to play back-to-back matches. You need to give them (all format players) enough breaks. I definitely fall into that as well. We have three T20Is against New Zealand (later in January). We will see what happens after IPL. I have not decided to give up the format," he said in the pre-match press conference.

It added that the decision has been taken as a precautionary measure, with no replacement being named in Bumrah's absence, further delaying the competitive cricket comeback of the right-arm fast-bowler, who has been out of action due to a back injury since September 2022.

"The poor guy has been working really hard at the NCA all the time. Just when he got into full fitness and started to bowl, this incident happened in the last two days, where he felt a little bit of stiffness in his back. It's nothing major; it's still just stiffness and if Bumrah says anything, we have to be very cautious about it. That is what we did."

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