The BCCI secretary also clarified that there were no discussions as far as Ajit Agarkar's tenure as chief selector is concerned 

VIDEO | Mumbai: “No difficulties expected in Japan; Rohit playing superbly,” says BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia (@lonsaikia), amid speculation that Rohit Sharma could be dropped from the upcoming ODI series against the West Indies. 

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The BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia also talked the vacant "head of sports science" position at Centre of Excellence. "I would like to reiterate that the vacant position of the head of sports science is not a deterrent to our activities. That post is required, but it is a very high-level post. For that, proper qualified persons should be positioned," he said. 

"We have about 16 persons in place to maintain the fitness and rehab facilities, but to supervise that, one important person is required. That kind of person is very short in number in India as well as the whole world. We are trying to find that kind of a person at the earliest possible time."

Devajit Saikia also talked about severeal Indian players getting injured. "Individual players are having injuries because they have to play a lot of matches. If you look at their schedule, in England, we have a 15-player team went for the ODI, and out of that, 3 or 4 players got injured during the match. We have to think about they have played two months of IPL prior to that," he said. 

"So all this takes a toll on the health of the players. To avoid those kinds of situations under the present FTPs, we are trying to find out some ways out. We have a protocol in place for how a player can come back to international matches after injury. We are taking feedback from the captains and head coach to chalk up a proper strategy to avoid these unwanted situations. In the next FTP, we will ensure proper rest for the players, acclimatization, or some practice matches before any major series in SENA countries."

"He is playing superbly in all matches. What more do you want? In the last match, he scored 130-140 runs. So why is there speculation? I do not want to give fodder to the speculators," Devajit Saikia on Rohit Sharma and Retirement speculation.

The BCCI secretary also revealed that chief selector Ajit Agarkar did not attend the meeting as it was called on a short notice. There was speculation that there would be discussion on his tenure in the selection committee. 

Devajit Saikia is addressing the media after the BCCI review meeting. "Rohit Sharma playing well, don't give fodder to rumours," the BCCI secretary said. He also clarified that there is no plans to appoint a new Director of Cricket.

Director of Cricket at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE), VVS Laxman, is going to take charge of the Indian men's team at the upcoming Asian Games 2026 to be held n Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, later this month. Laxman will be assisted by Sunil Joshi, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Subhadeep Ghosh, as per the list of coaches released by the Sports Ministry. Laxman had also coached the Indian men’s team at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, where India won the gold medal. Regular head coach Gautam Gambhir will be with the senior team for the home ODI series against the West Indies, with the first ODI scheduled to be played on September 27.

The general mood is that the meeting was more about looking forward than dissecting what went wrong in the past. India coach Gautam Gambhir has time and again said that the team is in transition. The BCCI officials, while acknowledging that the results in T20Is have not been up to the mark recently, also said officially that such things will happen in sport. 

BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia is still in the building. It will be interesting to see whether he addresses the media afterwards.

Here's a clip of Gautam Gambhir, Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill leaving the meeting.

VIDEO | Mumbai: Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir, T20I captain Shreyas Iyer and Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill leave from BCCI headquaters after a review meeting.

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Top BCCI officials: President Mithun Manhas, Secretary Devajit Saikia, Treasurer Prabhtej Singh Bhatia, and interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hemang Amin were present in the meeting along with chief selector Ajit Agarkar.

Director of Cricket at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE), VVS Laxman, is going to take charge of the Indian men's team at the upcoming Asian Games 2026 to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

Fitness concerns within the senior men’s squad were evident during Tuesday’s squad announcement for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, scheduled to take place at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi from September 13 to 17, as Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Harshit Rana have all been selected provisionally, with their inclusion subject to fitness clearance.

"The meeting will also focus on managing ongoing injury concerns involving key players, such as Hardik Pandya, while mapping out future plans for major assignments, including the multi-format tour of New Zealand, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at home, and the 2027 Men’s ODI World Cup," a source told IANS.

Everyone else has left the building after the BCCI meeting ended except for BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia. It is likely that he will address the media and brief the reporters about what was discussed.

The meeting is also expected to be the start of India's planning for the ODI World Cup 2027. The last few months have not been ideal for the side but they will be looking to make their intentions clear with big calls on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Shreyas Iyer [C], Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson [WK], Ishan Kishan [WK], Tilak Varma [VC], Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar*, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah*, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana*

(* - subject to medical clearance)

India are all set to play a three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, with regular skipper Iyer set to lead the side and Tilak Varma named vice-captain.

India suffered a 2-0 whitewash in the two-match T20I series against Ireland in June. Their struggles continued in England, where the Men in Blue lost the five-match T20I series 4-0, including a 125-run defeat in Nottingham, their heaviest loss of the series. India also went down 2-1 in the ODI series in England under the captaincy of Shubman Gill.

The long-pending review meeting was initially scheduled for July to address India's T20I series defeats in England and Ireland, as well as the ODI series loss to England. However, it was delayed till the end of the Test series against Sri Lanka.

The meeting has ended in Mumbai and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia is expected to brief the media about what was discussed in the meeting.

India's T20I captain Shreyas Iyer, Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill, national head coach Gautam Gambhir, and Centre of Excellence (CoE) chief VVS Laxman attended the meeting at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.

Welcome to the live coverage of BCCI review meeting taking place in Mumbai.