You will also appreciate knowing what India’s new ODI captain Rohit Sharma said about Kohli

Team India: Rohit Sharma has been made the new ODI captain of the Indian team. The BCCI gave this big information while announcing the Test team for the South Africa tour on Wednesday. Rohit will now lead the Indian team in T20 and ODI formats, while the Test will be commanded by Virat Kohli. So far, all the veterans of the cricket world have expressed their opinion about this decision of BCCI. Now the new captain of Team India, Rohit has given a big statement about Kohli. Let us know what he said about Kohli.

Rohit told Kohli the leader of the team

Rohit Sharma praised Virat Kohli during a conversation on a show and said that Kohli is still the leader of the team. Rohit said that seeing the average and figures of Virat Kohli, it can be estimated that how important a player he is for the team. The new captain said that you would not want to leave Kohli under any circumstances, as he has a long experience and at times he has been instrumental in getting the team out of difficult situations.

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Virat Kohli stats in ODI cricket

Virat Kohli has played 254 ODIs so far, in which he has scored 12169 runs at an average of 59.07. The special thing is that Kohli has scored 43 centuries and 62 half-centuries during this period. His highest score in ODIs is 183 runs. Kohli is one of the most successful players in the world in ODI cricket.

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Ravi Shastri justified the decision of the board

Former coach Ravi Shastri has supported the BCCI’s decision on removing Virat Kohli from the captaincy and handing over the command of the team to Rohit Sharma in ODIs. He praised both Rohit and Kohli in an interview. Ravi Shastri said that both the players are great. The decision to change the captain of BCCI is absolutely right. He said, Rohit Sharma does what is best for the team. Rohit takes full advantage of every player in the team.