Rohit Sharma on Virat Kohli: T20 and ODI captain Rohit Sharma has expressed surprise over Virat Kohli's sudden decision to quit Test captaincy. He has also wished his former captain all the best for the future. Rohit wrote, 'Shocked!! But congratulations on a successful stint as Indian captain. All the best for the future.'
Significantly, Virat Kohli, who has given up captaining Team India in T20and ODIs, will no longer be the captain in Test matches. He announced his resignation from the captaincy in a tweet on Saturday evening. His decision, a day after the Test series defeat to South Africa, was shocking to everyone.
BCCI removes Virat from ODI captaincy and hands over command to Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli had announced his resignation as captain of the T20 team ahead of last year's T20 World Cup. After that, he was also removed from the ODI captaincy by BCCI. The logic behind this was that the board wants to keep the same captain in limited overs cricket. Now because Virat is not the captain of the T20, he is also being removed from the ODI captaincy. BCCI has handed over the captaincy of both these limited overs formats to Rohit Sharma.
Last year there was news of differences between Rohit and Virat
There have been reports of Virat's differences with Rohit Sharma since he quit the t20 team captaincy. Many media reports had revealed that everything was not right between Rohit and Virat.
Even when Rohit was ruled out of the Test series against South Africa, there were arguments that Rohit no longer wanted to play cricket with Virat. However, Virat has made it clear at a press conference that he has no differences with Rohit.