Rohit Sharma To Take Over As The New Indian Test Captain – Reports

On 15 January 2022, Virat Kohli shocked the cricketing world with his announcement regarding quitting the Test captaincy and now it is being reported that Rohit Sharma is set to become the new Test skipper of the India National Cricket Team.

Ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, Virat Kohli had announced that he will be leaving the T20I captaincy after the World Cup to focus on One Day Internationals and Test cricket. However, the BCCI selectors didn’t want to have two white-ball captains in the team.

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So during the announcement of India’s Test squad for the South Africa tour it was announced that Kohli will no longer be the One Day Internationals captain and the senior opening batsman Rohit Sharma was appointed as the new white-ball captain of the team.

Rohit Sharma Set To Become New Indian Test Captain

The 34-year-old Rohit was also appointed as the new deputy of Kohli in the Test team and Ajinkya Rahane was removed from the Test vice-captaincy after his extremely poor performance with the bat.

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma was set to start his stint as permanent Test vice-captain in the India tour of South Africa 2021-22 which the Indian team lost by 1-2. However, unfortunately, he suffered a hamstring injury ahead of the tour and was ruled out of the series and KL Rahul was named the new vice-captain for the series.

Meanwhile, Rohit was the designated Test vice-captain for the crucial tour of South Africa and there won’t be any change to that hierarchy that BCCI has set in place. If everything goes well vice-captain Rohit will take over the captaincy if he is fit enough for the top job and KL Rahul will be his deputy.

The upcoming home series against Sri Lanka, where Virat Kohli will play his 100th Test, will be Rohit’s first assignment as a permanent Test captain.

However, with a lot of cricket approaching including two World Cups, Rohit will be given rest from a few series’ to manage his workload and Rahul will be seen leading the Indian team.

Also Read: Virat Kohli Had Shared The News Of Test Captaincy Resignation With Indian Team 24 Hours Before Announcing On Social Media – Reports

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