The former captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli has been making news in recent months due to a succession of resignations from various captaincy positions. The most recent one came from the Test side, and former India cricketer Saba Karim detailed how Kohli compelled the BCCI to take certain actions while handling this issue.
The Test and T20I squads for India's forthcoming home series against Sri Lanka were revealed last week by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. They also used the occasion to announce Rohit Sharma's appointment as the new permanent skipper in the longest format of the game.
Karim stated in a video on the YouTube channel Khelneeti that the Indian cricket board had no choice but to put their foot down and make Sharma the Test cricket captain ahead of the Sri Lanka series.
According to Karim, following Virat Kohli's unexpected resignation as Test captain, the BCCI was obliged to alter its split captaincy plans. Kohli was not anticipated to step down as the red-ball leader, and India was forced to name Rohit Sharma as the new skipper across all forms as a result of his resignation.
The former captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli has been making news in recent months due to a succession of resignations from various captaincy positions. The most recent one came from the Test side, and former India cricketer Saba Karim detailed how Kohli compelled the BCCI to take certain actions while handling this issue.
The Test and T20I squads for India's forthcoming home series against Sri Lanka were revealed last week by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. They also used the occasion to announce Rohit Sharma's appointment as the new permanent skipper in the longest format of the game.
Karim stated in a video on the YouTube channel Khelneeti that the Indian cricket board had no choice but to put their foot down and make Sharma the Test cricket captain ahead of the Sri Lanka series.
According to Karim, following Virat Kohli's unexpected resignation as Test captain, the BCCI was obliged to alter its split captaincy plans. Kohli was not anticipated to step down as the red-ball leader, and India was forced to name Rohit Sharma as the new skipper across all forms as a result of his resignation.
Karim added that Sharma is an excellent choice for the leadership post, and the BCCI can develop future players under his tutelage. Giving KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Jasprit Bumrah vice-captaincy possibilities demonstrates that the grooming process has already started.
There have been assertions made in the past that one Indian captain would have been under a lot of pressure and that captaincy should be shared across different formats. Then came the announcement of a new all-format captain. There were no other frontrunners for the captaincy, according to Karim, thus the selectors chose Rohit Sharma.
(With inputs from agencies)