Delhi: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s sudden retirement from Test cricket has brought a big change in Indian cricket. By saying goodbye to the game of these two veterans simultaneously, a big challenge has arisen in front of Team India. Now the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) not only has to fill their place, but also to search for the new Test captain. Lokin, a big news related to former captain Rohit is coming out amid the search for the new captain.
Rohit Sharma wanted to retire in the beach series
According to a report, Rohit Sharma wanted to go with the team for the five -Test series to be held in England. Like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, he wanted to retire in the middle of the series. (Dhoni had announced his retirement from the Test in the midst of the tour of Australia in 2014. After this Virat Kohli got the command of the team) but, BCCI refused to accept this.
In some reports, it was claimed that BCCI had made it clear from Rohit that he would not take him on a tour of England as captain. For this reason, Rohit retired from Test cricket before the series started.
Who will be the new captain?
The report claimed that the BCCI selection committee has intended informal conversations with Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant. They can be made Test captain and vice-captains instead of Rohit. There are reports that Jasprit Bumrah is also in this race. But a selector believes that instead of Shubman, it is not permanent in the team, so it would be better to make him a vice-captain.
BCCI can announce the team for the England series around May 23. It has to be seen who gets the responsibility of captaincy and who decides the new direction of the team.
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