Salman Butt Reacts To Rohit Sharma’s Appointment As India ODI Captain

Rohit Sharma was recently appointed as the next ODI skipper of the Indian cricket team. Virat Kohli will continue to lead the Test team while playing as a player in the white-ball formats of the game. Meanwhile, former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt has backed Rohit Sharma as the new skipper of the side saying it makes sense to have one leader in white-ball cricket.

He took the debate to his Youtube channel and tried making sense of the captaincy change from the BCCI.

“It makes sense to have only a single captain in white-ball cricket. Somewhere down the line, Virat Kohli will also understand this. They have been the captain and vice-captain for several years. There should be no issue if they back each other,” he said.

Butt also lauded Rohit Sharma for praising Kohli’s importance in the team as a player. Meanwhile, enough has been already said and written about the suddenness of the call behind Kohli’s sacking.

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“Rohit Sharma is trying to keep everything calm and cool. What he has said is also true as Kohli has raised the bar of Indian cricket with his intensity,” he said.

“Sharma could just be a short-term captain. Being 34 years old, the player is expected to play for only the next 3-4 years. I don’t think any other player was ready apart from Sharma for the captaincy role at the moment,” Butt said.

Rohit’s first assignment as full-time ODI captain will be a three-match series in South Africa. India will also play three Tests on the tour starting later this month.