”Rohit Sharma should be given the command of Team India in limited overs instead of Virat Kohli ” – Along with the fans, some former cricketers have also been making this demand for a long time.
The matter was raised even after the defeat in the 2019 World Cup semi-final, but then it got suppressed. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) started thinking seriously in this direction during the tour of Australia in 2020-21.
Virat Kohli was then on pattern leave, Ajinkya Rahane was the captain of the Test team. After winning the second consecutive Test series in Australia, there was a demand to make Rahane the captain in the Test itself, but the board was not thinking in that direction.
There were constant talks between BCCI, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and the team management regarding the captaincy of limited overs. Now after the T20 World Cup, there is news of Rohit being made the captain in limited overs.
This is the result of months of negotiations. It’s being said that Virat himself will announce to leave the captaincy in limited overs.
All the misunderstandings were ‘removed’ in the quarantine
Virat and Rohit are the two biggest brands of the Indian cricket team. News of discord between the two has been coming before, but no one confessed it from the front. There were reports of quarrels between the two even before the pandemic struck period.
When cricket started amid the pandemic, the players were forced to stay together in the quarantine. The benefit of this compulsion came in the form of same old friendship between Virat and Rohit.
From March this year, a new round of friendship between the two began. Both the players, inside and outside the dressing room, look closer than ever. Virat has accepted the iron of Sharma’s captaincy in limited overs on many occasions.
Quoting a source, ‘Times of India’ said, Rohit will not have a better time to become the captain in white ball cricket.
Many rounds of talks … then Kohli took the decision
Virat Kohli has the burden of captaincy in all three formats, BCCI has been constantly trying to reduce his workload. After winning the Test series on the tour of Australia, there was a serious discussion about changing the captain in limited overs.
According to Team India sources, in the talks that have been going on for the last few months, Virat was looking worried about his batting.
In the next two years, India has to play T20I and ODI World Cup and Virat wants to play an important role in it. Virat wants his old rhythm back as a batsman.
Instead of Kohli, Rohit is the best option for the next captain. Rohit Sharma, 34, is currently performing brilliantly in almost every format. His record of captaincy in T20 is tremendous.
Mumbai Indians have won the IPL trophy five times under him. And so on, there is no better opening batsman in white ball cricket than Rohit Sharma in the world at the moment.
If you look at the statistics of captaincy of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in limited overs formats, then Hitman looks ahead though his span of captaincy is no so long. Rohit’s record in ODIs, T20I and IPL is better than Virat’s.
Virat and Rohit are now on the same page
Even after the 2019 World Cup, there were reports of misunderstandings between the two. Even then Virat had said, ‘I have also heard a lot. The atmosphere of the dressing room is important for success. If this (rumor of disagreement) was true then we do not perform properly. Reading such news is childish. ‘
Coach Ravi Shastri, in an interview with ‘Times Now’ this month, had categorically denied any rift between Kohli and Shastri. Shastri had said, ‘I have never seen such a thing so when people ask me such a question, I say that I did not see what you saw. Coordination is always good. ‘
BCCI sources have said that the board had prepared for this long ago. The source said that Virat and Rohit have the same opinion regarding this change.
