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3 Players Who Can Replace Virat Kohli As The Next Indian Test Captain. Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli, announced his shocking decision to step down as India’s Test captain on Saturday as the entire cricketing fraternity was taken aback by the call. The decision came a day after team India’s shambolic Test series defeat in South Africa.

The last few months have been extremely irregular in the Indian cricketing circuit as the captaincy fiasco has had its share of good and bad publicity throughout the world. However, it is now time to look beyond Virat Kohli the Test Captain but it will certainly be very difficult to emulate what Virat has done for team India, leading them in the longest format of the game.

Breaking News: Virat Kohli Steps Down As India's Test Captain
Breaking News: Virat Kohli Steps Down As India’s Test Captain

With Virat stepping down and with a lot of transitions taking place in the current Indian squad, let’s take a look at the 3 possible players who can take over India’s Test captaincy now that Virat Kohli has decided to step down.

3 Players Who Can Replace Virat Kohli As The Next Indian Test Captain

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma
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The first name that springs to mind after Virat stepping down is that of none other than India’s veteran flamboyant opener, Rohit Sharma. Rohit has been appointed as the Indian limited-overs captain a month ago and he was also appointed as the vice-captain of the Indian Test team for the South Africa tour with Ajinkya Rahan’s poor form sinking.

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BCCI has been a firm believer of the fact that the captaincy of all the three formats should be held with one individual and hence, this move of appointing Rohit Sharma as the Test captain looks inevitable.

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