The Board of Control for Cricket in India has appointed Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the Indian ODI & T20I teams. He will take over the reins from Virat Kohli and his journey will start with the three-match ODI series against South Africa in January 2022.
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Mr. Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward,” the BCCI has tweeted on Thursday.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Mr Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward.#TeamIndia | @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/hcg92sPtCa
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 8, 2021
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma has recently led India in the T20I series against New Zealand at home after the T20 World Cup. Kohli, on the other hand, had expressed his wish to continue leading the ODI team until the 2023 World Cup in India. He has 51 wins from 78 ODIs as well. Under him, India played in the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy and the semifinal of the 2019 World Cup, but failed to win an ICC title.
Rohit Sharma will lead Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2022 and ODI World Cup 2023. pic.twitter.com/zKEcmCB5MK
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 8, 2021
Temporary captain?
NOW, BOW DOWN TO THE LEADER OF INDIAN TEAM. ROHIT SHARMA. @ImRo45 👑 pic.twitter.com/fSdoQSmzam
— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) December 8, 2021
https://twitter.com/LoyalSachinFan/status/1468580719786037251?s=20
Don't mess with Rohit Sharma
Btw they are good friends now 😉😂@ImRo45 • #Rohitsharma ❤️pic.twitter.com/mY7NZHNR0H— HARSHIT (@INVINCIBLE45_) December 6, 2021
Highlights Of India's Squad for the SA tour:-
•Rohit Sharma becomes India's ODI and T20I Captain.
•Rohit Sharma India's Test Vice Captain.
•Ravindra Jadeja ruled out.
•Shubman Gill, Axar Patel, Rahul Chahar ruled out.
•Shreyas in the Squad.
•Jayant in the Squad.— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) December 8, 2021
Meanwhile, the BCCI has also announced an 18-member squad for the three-match Test series, starting December 26 in South Africa. Rohit Sharma has also replaced Ajinkya Rahane as vice-captain of the Test team as Rahane has been struggling with a continued lean patch in recent times.
Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj
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