India New ODI Captain: Rohit Sharma replaces Virat Kohli – The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) on Wednesday named Rohit Sharma as India’s new ODI Captain. He will take over the full-time role from the South Africa series in January. With Rohit Sharma appointed as the new ODI captain, Virat Kohli has now only the captaincy of longest format under his name.
Rohit Sharma had been recently appointed as the full-time T20I captain after Virat Kohli had announced his decision to step down from the role citing workload management. Ever since Kohli announced his decision to quit T20I captaincy, Rohit Sharma’s name for the next white-ball captain was almost certain and today, the Indian cricket board just put a stamp on Rohit’s name. The Maharashtra-born cricketer will be India’s 24th ODI captain.
India New ODI Captain: ‘Best decision ever’, reactions pour in as Rohit Sharma replaces Virat Kohli as India’s ODI Captain
Rohit Sharma’s appointment as India’s white-ball captain got a lot of praise from the cricket fans. Twitter users were quick to react to the announcement and the microblogging platform was flooded with congratulatory messages for the new captain.
IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla took to Twitter to congratulate Rohit on his appointment as the new white-ball skipper of the national team.
Congratulations to @ImRo45 for becoming captain of ODI and T20 team of india. His experience will definitely boost our prospects. Contribution of @imVkohli can never be forgotten. He took india to pinnacle.@BCCI
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) December 8, 2021
Rohit’s IPL franchise Mumbai Indians also shared a post to congratulate their captain.
𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 4️⃣5️⃣ is all set to lead the Men in Blue in white ball cricket. 🇮🇳💙#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/btbqDEas0W
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) December 8, 2021
Virat Kohli ➡️ Rohit Sharma
Beginning of a new era for India men’s limited-overs cricket. pic.twitter.com/5yo9Jdj4U2
— ICC (@ICC) December 8, 2021
More important than the announcement of the team to South Africa is the fact that Rohit Sharma is the captain across T20 and ODI cricket. Clearly this is looking ahead to 2023.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 8, 2021
India New ODI Captain: ‘Best decision ever’, reactions pour as Rohit Sharma replaces Virat Kohli as India’s ODI Captain
Look at other reactions here:
So it’s official. We have 2 captains, @ImRo45 for white ball and @imVkohli for red ball. And Test team totally on lines expected. With injuries this is the best team. Congrats to Rohit.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) December 8, 2021
13 years later, Rohit Sharma is going to lead the Indian team in ODI World Cup. pic.twitter.com/gKmKBW6Eit
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 8, 2021
BEST DECISION EVER MADE BY BCCI
— Kaygee18 (@Kaygee1803) December 8, 2021
All the Best Rohit Sharma 💙❤️🤗
Hope Virat can play without pressure 👑💙❤️
They Best of both yet to come 💙❤️
It only makes sense that u have 1 captain for limited overs only pic.twitter.com/TKx6aLID6t
— Tanmoy Chakraborty🩺⚕️ (@Tanmoycv01) December 8, 2021
India New ODI Captain: ‘Best decision ever’, reactions pour as Rohit Sharma replaces Virat Kohli as India’s ODI Captain
Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma (ODI Captaincy Stats)
Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma ODI Captaincy Record 😕#TeamIndia #ViratKohli #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/6VGo2LM4uc
— InsideSport (@InsideSportIND) December 8, 2021
Along with white-ball captaincy, Rohit Sharma has also been given the responsibility to play Virat Kohli’s deputy in the longest format. Rohit’s appointment is also being seen as India’s preparations for the 2023 World Cup as India has failed to win an ICC tournament since the 2013 Champions Trophy.
