In a shocking turn of events, Rohit Sharma has replaced Virat Kohli as the new captain of the Indian ODI team. With this, 34-year-old Sharma will now lead India in all formats of white-ball cricket. Virat Kohli recently stepped down from the role of India’s T20i captain. Earlier this year, Rohit Sharma captained the “Men in Blue” in their three-match T20i series against New Zealand as the hosts won the competition 3-0. Here is New Captain Of The Indian ODI Team
New Captain Of The Indian ODI Team
On Wednesday, BCCI announced that Rohit Sharma is the new Indian ODI captain via a Tweet. The following tweet read “The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Mr. Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward”. Virat Kohli’s run as the Indian ODI skipper was full of ups and downs.
While Kohli racked up some impressive numbers in the bilateral series, the 33-year-old failed to carry his side towards glory in ICC tournaments. Virat Kohli captained India a total of 95 times in the 50-50 format. Out of which, India won 65 games, lost 27 times. Virat scored a total of 5,449 runs in an average of 72.65 in the role of India’s ODI skipper.
Team India’s Test squad for the South African tour
BCCI also announced the Indian squad for the upcoming SA tour. Interestingly, Rahane has been relieved from his duties of Indian nice-captain in the red-ball format. Rohit Sharma is the new India’s vice-captain in the Test format.
KL Rahul. Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Mohd. Shami have returned to the squad after missing the home Test series against New Zealand. Shreyas Iyer and Mayank Agarwal who performed exceptionally well in the NZ series have also been added to the squad. Other entries include Shardul Thakur, Hanuma Vihari, and Jayant Yadav.
India’s Test squad for the SA Tour:
Squad: Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(wk), Wriddhiman Saha(wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.
Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
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