After Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma has become the third player to become the Indian cricket team in all three formats of international cricket in a full-time role. The BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma said that Rohit Sharma was the clear choice for captaincy after Virat stepped down from the position after the tour of South Africa earlier this year.
Sharma could have made his Test captaincy debut against the South African cricket team only, but because of a hamstring injury, he could not travel with the squad for the South Africa series. In his absence, KL Rahul made his Test captaincy debut, but the Indian team lost that match.
Rohit Sharma will take over as the Test captain ahead of the ICC World Test Championship series against the Sri Lankan cricket team. The islanders will soon visit India for three T20Is and two matches in the 2021-23 ICC World Test Championship.
Fans should note that the Sri Lankan team is number one on the ICC World Test Championship points table right now. They have 100% points to their name, having won their previous series against the West Indies cricket team.
However, defeating India in India will be a huge challenge because even the best teams on the planet have struggled to do so. Recently, the reigning ICC World Test Champions New Zealand came to India and returned home with a 0-1 defeat.
Here is the Indian squad for the Sri Lanka series:
Rohit Sharma (c), Mayank Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Md. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Saurabh Kumar, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, R Pant, KS Bharat, R Ashwin (subject to fitness) , R Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, J Bumrah (vc), Md. Shami.
Cricket fans on Twitter go crazy after BCCI names Rohit Sharma Test captain
Here’s how the fans on Twitter reacted to the news of Rohit Sharma becoming the Test captain.
Chetan Sharma said, "Rohit was the clear choice for Test captaincy".
AdvertisementThe Hitman era – captain of India in all the 3 formats.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 19, 2022
Chetan Sharma said, "Rohit is the No.1 cricketer of our country. He's absolutely fit and fine. The grooming becomes easy when a big player like him becomes a captain".
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 19, 2022
Chetan Sharma said "We want to groom future captains under Rohit Sharma".
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 19, 2022
India's Captain Rohit Sharma and India's Vice Captain Jasprit Bumrah for the Sri Lanka series.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) February 19, 2022
As expected Rohit Sharna is India’s Test captain as well @ImRo45 @BCCI
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) February 19, 2022
🚨 JUST IN: India have named their new permanent Test captain.
Details 👇https://t.co/lgLdDROGyE
— ICC (@ICC) February 19, 2022
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They use to call him temporary captain,
now he is the captain of Team India accross all formats 🇮🇳🔥
The rise of Captain Rohit Sharma ❤️#RohitSharma | @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/sbdNfm95EG— Lucky ❤️✨ (@LBerojya) February 19, 2022
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Rohit Sharma Captain and Jasprit Bumrah Vice-Captain of Test Team. My boys 👑 pic.twitter.com/yIKMSD0qcD
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) February 19, 2022
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From getting dropped in Tests to Test Captain of India, Rohit Sharma's rise in test cricket has been an inspiration. Sun has risen very well. pic.twitter.com/5UoWdzx8eL
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) February 19, 2022
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet the New All Format Indian Captain -Rohit Sharma💥💙@ImRo45 #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/3PGciAIv4X
— ALL KERALA ROHIT SHARMA FANS ASSOCIATION (@AKRSFAOfficial) February 19, 2022
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