In one of the biggest breaking news of the day, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that Rohit Sharma will now be leading the Indian team in One Day Internationals (ODI).
The BCCI and the All India Senior Selection Committee today has announced the Indian cricket team’s squad for the upcoming Test series against South Africa in their home turf.
Along with that, they also confirmed that Rohit Sharma has been named the new ODI captain of the India team.
Last month, the BCCI had appointed Rohit Sharma as the permanent T20I captain of the Indian team following Virat Kohli deciding to step down as India’s T20I captain to manage his workload.
Ever since then, speculations were made and many cricket experts and even former India head Ravi Shastri had stated that Virat Kohli might even step down as India’s ODI captain.
The same is finally confirmed today after the Indian team’s selection meeting earlier today. Rohit Sharma will now lead the Indian team in white ball cricket (T20I and ODI), while Virat Kohli will continue to captain the side in the red ball cricket, that is Test cricket.
As for the Indian team’s squad for the upcoming 3 match Test series against South Africa later this month, the BCCI has announced a 18 member squad for the series, along with 4 reserve or standby players. Rohit Sharma has also been named the new vice-captain for the Test team, replacing Ajinkya Rahane.
India’s Test squad for South Africa series
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), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserve Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
Twitter has been buzzing ever since the Mumbai cricketer has been confirmed as the Indian team’s new ODI captain.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Rohit Sharma being named ODI captain
Team India Captain Rohit Sharma 💙💙
— HITMAN ROCKY 😎 (@HITMANROCKY45_) December 8, 2021
Congrats @ImRo45 👑#RohitSharma #Hitman #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/r60KFYFgHR
From Can’t play tests to becoming the Highest ranked indian batsman in test.
— PRAYU (@Sydney_133) December 8, 2021
From Can’t play in overseas test to becoming highest run scorer in recent eng series.
From being called as temporary captain to being the permanent captain .
This is inspirational
#Rohitsharma 🤍👑 pic.twitter.com/lXdtRppb2S
#RohitSharma’s stock continues to rise. Captain now in both white ball formats, vice captain in Test cricket, all three thoroughly deserved. Plaudits must also be given to #ViratKohli who, despite some disappointments, did wonderfully as captain in T20is and ODIs
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) December 8, 2021
This World Dont Listen What We Speak Untill We Win The World Cups@ImRo45 and Rohitians We Will Speak After Winning The WCs☑️
— Ro-Hitman FC™ 🇮🇳 (@Rohit_FC_) December 8, 2021
Short Time↔️More Impact Thats What We Believe In Rohit🔥#RohitSharma #Captain pic.twitter.com/RTzKLOK9fI
Officially the end of Temporary Captain Rohit Sharma jokes. #RohitSharma#Captaincy
— R A G H U V E E R 🇮🇳💙 (@264Cricket) December 8, 2021
Rohit Sharma To Haters: 👇👇 pic.twitter.com/cmtbcGxLNz
Rohit Sharma dropped from the World Cup and 12 years later, he will be leading India in the 2023 World Cup in India.#RohitSharma | @ImRo45 | #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/hM2V1FTyK1
— Rohit Sharma Fanclub India (@Imro_fanclub) December 8, 2021
