Team bus leaves for airport without Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma takes major call- Reports

Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal has had a great 2024 with the bat in the Test format. However, the 22-year-old found himself stranded as the team bus left for the airport without him boarding. According to reports carried by Sports Tak, Jaiswal was 20 minutes late. Indian skipper Fuming Rohit Sharma and coach Gautam Gambhir decided to proceed without the batting sensation. 

It has come to light that Jaiswal then took a car to reach the airport. As per the reports carried by Sports Tak, Ajit Agarkar was present with Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir in the lobby. The youngster is known for his timekeeping, but this is the first time such an incident has occurred. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal began the first game with a duck before scoring 161 in the second innings of the Perth game. In the very next game, Jaiswal was out for a first-ball duck in the first innings and scored 24 in the second innings of the Adelaide Test. 

Greg Chappell speaks on veteran duo’s future

Meanwhile, former Australian skipper and Indian coach Greg Chappell has made a massive statement on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Chappell has asked BCCI to appoint the right selectors to take tough calls on the veteran star’s future.

Greg Chappell, while speaking to the media, said, “You know yourself whether you’re at your peak or not. But they obviously love playing the game; they want to play it as long as they can, and they have every reason, every right to want to go as long as they can.”

The former Aussie skipper said, “That’s why you need good, robust selection policies and selection panels to make tough decisions. It’s not up to the players necessarily to make those decisions. They might want to make that decision, but it’s a well-paid job. Who’s going to walk away from it? Someone else has to make that decision.”

“It’s very tough. You’ve got to pick the right people to be selectors—the ones that are prepared to have those tough conversations. Depends on the relationship between the various people in the room. But we all go through it, everyone that plays at that level. You’ll have your ups and downs as a player. With good players, you prefer to give them a game too many than games too few. So it’s always tough to get that balance right,” said Greg Chappell.