Indian team’s star opening batsman and current captain Rohit Sharma has made his mark all over the world today with batting and captaincy. In the limited overs format, the explosive right-hand batsman has numerous big records to his name. Ever since Rohit Sharma took over the command of the Indian team, even more changes are being seen in his performance.
After Rohit became the full-time captain, the Indian team is also performing well and has not lost any series so far. Rohit has handled the team well after Virat Kohli left the captaincy. But Rohit’s captaincy is yet to be seen in the Test format. Under Virat’s captaincy, India performed well on home as well as on foreign pitches.
Kohli had made many such records while being the captain of the Indian team, which is difficult for Rohit to surpass as captain.
In this article, we will talk about the 3 records that Virat Kohli achieved as captain, however Rohit Sharma will not be able to break.
Most runs in ODIs as India captain
There is no doubt that the Rohit Sharma is currently one of the most dangerous batsmen in white ball cricket. But as Indian captain, Rohit will not be able to surpass the number of runs scored by Virat Kohli in ODIs. While playing 95 matches as captain in ODI cricket, Kohli has scored 5449 runs at an impressive average of 72.65.
At the same time, Rohit does not even have a thousand runs to his name. Keeping in view his growing age and fitness, it is not likely for Rohit to break this record.
Most Test matches as India captain
The Indian team played a Test match for the first time in 2014 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. Kohli was the captain of the Indian Test team for eight years and he had 68 matches during this period, while under the captaincy of Rohit, Team India has played two matches so far. Currently, Rohit is 35 years old and to break this record of Kohli, he will have to play another eight years in the Test format which is difficult for him.
Most double centuries in Tests as India captain
Virat Kohli scored seven double centuries while captaining the Indian team in Tests. All these double centuries were scored by Kohli between 2016 and 2019. Rohit has scored only one double century in Tests so far, that too against South Africa while playing under Kohli’s captaincy. Looking at Rohit’s age, it would not be wrong to say that this right-hand batsman will be seen playing Test cricket for 2 or 3 years more, thus, it is impossible for Rohit to break this record of Kohli in such a short span of time.
