India still awaits to win the match in 2022. Till now we have played for international matches in 2022 and surprisingly lost all of them. Virat Kohli step down as test captain and it shocked the whole nation.
Virat is the most successful Indian test captain and he is the only captain to win the test series in England, Australia, New Zealand. No one expected that decision from Virat Kohli as experts want The continuation of Virat Kohli as captain.
India looking for the next test captain and the needle of selectors would be on Rohit Sharma as sources confirmed the grounding of Rohit Sharma as test captain. It would be another feather in the cap of Rohit Sharma. As Rohit Sharma is now an all-format captain.
Indian captaincy culture, clearly states that BCCI wants a single captain in all three formats as a witness earlier with Dhoni, Dravid, Kapil Dev, and every Indian captain. The resignation of Virat Kohli S test captain paves the way for Rohit Sharma.
Rohit Sharma was soon announced as Indian test team captain, the official statement revealed soon
KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Ravi Ashwin are the top contenders of test captaincy. Ajinkya Rahane is the vice-captain of the Indian test team but can’t promote to captaincy. As Rahane performance dropped after WTC 21.
There are chances that he may drop from playing 11 also. With this perspective, selectors can’t take Rahane into consideration. And the only option they go is Rohit Sharma. Rahul and Pant are the future captains but in order to run a test team, we want experienced hands. Rohit Sharma provides that strength and mentorship to the team which is been built by Virat Kohli.
Official sources of BCCI claimed that soon they will announce Rohit Sharma’s test captain. Now we will witness Rohit Sharma as all-format captain for an Indian cricket team.
2022 T20 World Cup will be the debut tournament for Rohit Sharma and India hopes to lift that cup as after 2013 we never won any ICC event.
In the presence of Rohit, the Indian team will shape future captains
BCCI official sources claim that Sharma will be crowned as test captain. According to BCCI sources, “Without any doubt, Rohit will be the new test captain of India. Rohit was named vice-captain before the South Africa series & will now be elevated as captain of the team. The announcement will be made soon”,.
He further added while talking to inside sports, “The workload will be immense. He needs to keep himself very agile and fit. I think the selectors will have a word with him. He will have to work to extra-bit on his fitness. So it’s a huge celebration for Sharma fans as they are the favorite player now crowned as all-format captain. India surely looks forward to shaping future captains like KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant.” Rohit is 34 years old and it is obvious that he play for the next few years. India looks forward to shipping future captains so that they will not suffer in the future.