Pregnant Ritika Sajdeh salutes former Aussie captain Aaron Finch before Border Gavaskar Trophy for heartwarming reason

New Delhi: Following the successful 3-0 win by Rohit Sharma and his team in the India vs New Zealand series, the focus now shifts to the upcoming Border-Gavaskar trophy scheduled to begin on November 22. This series is crucial for India as they need to win at least four out of the five Tests against Australia to secure a spot in the World Test Championship final without relying on other team's results. Despite the anticipation for the series, reports have surfaced suggesting that skipper Rohit Sharma may miss the first Test due to personal reasons.

Talking about the series, Sunil Gavaskar said that the Indian team should appoint a new captain for the entire series if Rohit Sharma is unable to make it to the first couple of Tests.

“We have been reading that Rohit Sharma will not play in the first Test, perhaps he will not play in the second as well. If this is the case, then I say that, right now, the Indian selection committee should say that ‘if you have to rest, rest, if there are personal reasons then look at them. But if you are missing two-thirds of the matches then you should go for this tour only as a player. We will make the vice-captain the captain of this tour’,” Gavaskar had told Sports Tak.

“Indian cricket is the most important. I would say that if we had won the New Zealand series 3-0, it would have been a different matter. Because we have lost this series 3-0, there is a need for a captain. The captain has to unite the team. If there is no captain in the beginning, it is better to make someone else the captain,” Gavaskar had further added.

However, former Australia Finch disagreed with Gavaskar’s opinion.

“I disagree with Sunny on that totally. Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Indian cricket team. If you need to stay at home because your wife is having a baby… that’s such a beautiful moment… and you take all the time that you need in that regard,” Finch told ESPNcricinfo.

Now, Rohit Sharma’s wife Ritika Sajdeh has appreciated Finch’s stance. She reacted with a ‘salute’ emoji tagging Aaron Finch on an Instagram post highlighting both Gavaskar and Finch’s comment.

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— Gaurav (@Melbourne__82) November 9, 2024