Rohit Sharma got the captaincy against New Zealand, this was the reaction of fans on social media

Captain Rohit Sharma: After the T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli has left the captaincy of the T20 format. Rohit Sharma will be seen captaining the team in the upcoming T20 series against New Zealand starting from November 17. Virat had announced to leave the captaincy after the tournament even before the World Cup, after which the fans were constantly demanding to make Rohit the captain. Eventually the demand of the fans was fulfilled and the BCCI on Tuesday announced the team for the upcoming T20 series.

Fans are giving reaction on social media
As soon as the BCCI announced the team and told that the captain would be Rohit Sharma, fans started expressing their reaction on social media. All the fans have called it a new era for the Indian team. A large number of fans are assuming that the team will achieve new heights under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. Now it will be interesting to see how much Rohit will live up to the expectations of the fans.

Naya daur shuru..

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) November 9, 2021

Now it’s time for Hitman As T20I captain for India, hope that like Rohit Sharma got so much success Mumbai Indians, he will get success for India too.

— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) November 9, 2021

I’m here to rule pic.twitter.com/bkEtk1hWzn

— (@Satti45_) November 9, 2021

New faces got a place in the team, some leave
Some players who did not perform well in the T20 World Cup have been dropped, while new faces have been included in the team against New Zealand. According to BCCI, Harshal Patel and Venkatesh Iyer will be part of Team India in this series. Apart from this, Varun Chakraborty, Rahul Chahar and Hardik Pandya, who disappointed with their performance, have been discharged from the team. By the way, it is also being said that Pandya has not got a place in the team due to fitness.

Rest given to these senior players
In the upcoming T20 series against New Zealand, many senior players of Team India have been rested. These include Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami.

A look at the 16-member team of Team India
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj.

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