A new chapter has begun in the history of the Indian cricket team as both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli is set to share duties after the former was named the new limited overs captain of the Indian team.
On Wednesday, the 8th of December 2021, the senior selection committee and the BCCI announced the Indian team’s squad for the upcoming South Africa series, that begins on the 26th of December.
However, ever since the announcement has been made, the Indian cricket fans have somewhat divided, a part of the fans are happy to have Rohit Sharma as captain, while a part is not happy that Virat Kohli has been replaced.
Sourav Ganguly backs Rohit Sharma to succeed as India’s ODI Captain
The BCCI President, who have also received a lot of criticism from the fans, has spoken and believes that Rohit Sharma will do well.
Rohit Sharma recently had a chat with the News18, where he talked about Rohit. Sourav Ganguly stated that the selectors have backed him looking at his track record as the captain, for Mumbai Indians and Indian team sometimes.
Sourav Ganguly said, "Rohit Sharma's record for MI is phenomenal. He captained India in Asia Cup which India won without Virat. To win a title without Virat spoke volumes of that team’s strength. He'll find a way to do well and I hope he does". (To News18).
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 12, 2021
Ganguly stated that Rohit Sharma will find a way to do well and praised his record of having won the IPL 5 times with the Mumbai Indians.
He also talked about Indian team’s performance under Rohit whenever Virat Kohli was not there. He stated that Rohit lead the Indian team to Asia Cup victory couple of years back, even in absence of Virat Kohli, which is a tough ask.
India vs South Africa Series
Rohit Sharma’s first duty in-charge of the team will be the ODI series against South Africa. While before that, he will play deputy to Virat Kohli in the 3 Test matches to be played before the ODIs.
Rohit Sharma was last month made the Indian team’s T20I captain after Virat Kohli decided to step down as the T20I captain to manage his workload. Sharma led the side to a 3-0 clean sweep over the New Zealand team in the 3 match T20I series played last month.
