Mumbai: Rohit Sharma, the white-ball captain-in-waiting for a while now, has finally been handed the baton in T20 cricket. It has passed from Virat Kohli, his teammate for close to a decade now and captain since 2017. This had been the writing on the wall for close to six months now.
The BCCI on Tuesday evening announced a 16-member squad for the three-match T20 series against New Zealand, giving the captaincy to Sharma and making opening partner KL Rahul his deputy.
Outgoing T20 skipper Virat Kohli has taken a break for the series and will be back for the Tests against New Zealand to be ready in time for the tour of South Africa later this year.
The baton in One-day cricket too could be passed on to Sharma, but the announcement will take some time to come. The BCCI has decided that white-ball captaincy cannot be split and therefore, they are left with no choice but to have a chat with Kohli on the issue.
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