Rohit Sharma appointed ODI captain

The BCCI’s senior selection committee, led by former India bowler Chetan Sharma, appointed opening batsman and white-ball vice-captain Rohit Sharma as the captain of the India One day and T20 teams going forward. The decision comes after Virat Kohli expressed his desire to step down as white-ball captain. Ahead of announcing the T20 squad for the home series against New Zealand, the BCCI appointed Sharma as the new T20 captain and sources said, “the board is now convinced that white-ball captaincy cannot be split”.
Kohli too, sources say, had made up his mind that he would quit as skipper across both formats to concentrate on his batting and continue to lead the Test team where he’s done tremendously well.
After detailed conversations with Sharma and Kohli, the BCCI made the announcement public, giving the former the reins to handle both white-ball teams with new coach Rahul Dravid. Sources stressed that the decision to quit as white-ball captain is Kohli’s and the BCCI has only allowed a smooth transition. Currently the world’s No.2 ODI batsman after Babar Azam, Kohli has gone for close to 25 Test innings without a century and is currently missing out on the top-five spots in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen.
Meanwhile, Sharma’s time has come to take over as the new leader of the pack. One of the finest white-ball batsmen anywhere in the world, across ODIs and T20s, the 34-year-old has been a captain-in-waiting for long. In T20s, Sharma has proved his mettle by winning five Indian Premier League (IPL) titles for the Mumbai Indians while in the One-dayers, his ascendancy as vice-captain to Kohli proves he was always in running for the top job.