In conversations with Virat Kohli being fired as the ODI captain of the Indian team, former Indian international Atul Wassan felt that the prolific batsman himself “consciously” realized that he could not lead the team in all three forms.
Kohli was replaced by Rohit Sharma as the captain of ODI on Wednesday, completing the leadership reform of the Indian board of directors in white ball cricket. The seasoned opener Rohit was also appointed as the captain of the Indian T20 last month-he achieved positive results in the home game against New Zealand.
Wassan welcomed BCCI’s decision to appoint Rohit as the captain of ODI and T20I and emphasized the unprecedented success of the Mumbai Indian captain in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“I don’t think it is to remove Verat. Verat himself also consciously realized that he can’t lead all three formats. He has been struggling and every player has gone through this bad period. He has set himself up. Such a high standard, even if he is in his 40s-50 years old is not counted, but he has a lot of expectations of him,” Vassan told the news agency ANI. “I said many years ago that these three formats are led by one person for any country and any team. Rohit has shown that he is an excellent leader. He won the IPL championship, but Virat No. Maybe Virat will also find his second gear and second wind, which bodes well for Indian cricket,” he added.
Kohli led India in 95 one-day international matches and achieved 65 victories. He withdrew from the leadership role with an excellent winning rate of 70.43, which is the highest winning rate of the Indian ODI captain leading the national team in more than 10 games.
Speaking of the leadership’s stay, Vassan said that Corley enjoys the burden of the captain, and also mentioned the possibility of the Corley-Shastri duo “round the corners”.
“I think it relates to its overall view. If you see that we lost in some major tournaments and World Cups, this is also a big problem. Maybe Virat and Shastri are also pressing the authorities. So, BCCI may want to edit “So are their wings. That’s why this happened,” Vasan further said.
“The captain is a burden, but Verat enjoys it. So, he has been captain for so long, so the record can speak. Indian cricket is in a high position. He got the baton from Duny, which gave him performance, and he also A player who has achieved some good results,” he added.
Regarding the future of Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara in the Indian team, Wassan said, “Rahane is struggling and making him a deputy captain is untenable. Rohit’s performance. Pujara and Rahane are dying.”
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