Rohit Sharma became Team India’s new white-ball captain. Virat Kohli stepped down as T20I captain after World Cup. Rohit Sharma was awarded the T20I captaincy after T20I World Cup. However, Virat Kohli has not quit captaincy in ODIs. Team India will tour South Africa for three Tests and three ODIs. The Indian team for the Test series against South Africa has been announced.
BCCI has announced that going forward Rohit Sharma will be the new white-ball captain of Team India. There was an outrage in the fans as Virat Kohli has not given up captaincy in ODIs and he was replaced. On Thursday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly said the board and selectors together took the call to select Rohit Sharma as the full-time white-ball captain of Team India.
Sourav Ganguly also said that he and the chairman of selectors had also spoken to Virat Kohli regarding this. Sourav said that the first BCCI has requested Virat to not step down as T20I captain. He also thanked Virat Kohli for his contributions in the limited-overs format. Sourav told ANI,
“It’s a call that the BCCI and the selectors took together. Actually, the BCCI had requested Virat to not step down as the T20I skipper but obviously, he did not agree. And the selectors then did not feel it right to have two different captains for two white-ball formats.”
“So it was decided that Virat will continue as Test captain and Rohit will take over as the white-ball captain. I as President personally spoke to Virat Kohli and the chairman of selectors has also spoken to him.”
Sourav Ganguly continued,
“We have full faith in Rohit Sharma’s leadership abilities, and Virat will continue as the Test captain. We as BCCI are confident that Indian cricket is in good hands. We thank Virat Kohli for his contributions as captain in the white-ball format.”
The selectors have picked 18 members squad for the upcoming Test series against South Africa. Ajinkya Rahane has been sacked as a vice-captain. Virat Kohli will continue to be the red ball captain and his deputy will be Rohit Sharma.
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