Sunil Gavaskar Has His Say On India's Next Test Captain After Virat Kohli And More Cricket News

Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly said that Team India have taken giant strides over the years under the leadership of Virat Kohli. Indian cricket was in deep turmoil when Kohli took over from MS Dhoni in the purest format back in December 2014. The Jharkhand-born Dhoni retired from Test cricket following which the now 33-year-old took charge of the Test team.

Seven years since then, Kohli is India’s most successful Test captain after he toppled Dhoni’s tally during the 2019 tour of the West Indies. On Saturday, January 15, Kohli stepped down as India’s skipper in Test cricket. Ganguly, who’s the president of the BCCI, said that Kohli’s decision was personal and stated that the Indian board respected his decision with an open heart.

Gavaskar who captained India in the 1970s, wants India selectors to make Pant the next captain and revealed the reason for it with the best example of Rohit for the Mumbai Indians. Ever since Rohit took over the captaincy for Mumbai in 2013, he has won five IPL titles and is the most successful captain in the history of the tournament so far. Gavaskar also opined that Pant will be able to play a lot more big innings if he is given the responsibility.

“If you ask me, I am still staying, I would look at Rishabh Pant as next India captain. For one reason only, just like Rohit Sharma was given the captaincy of Mumbai Indians when Ricky Ponting stepped down, look at the change in his batting after that. Suddenly the responsibility of being captain made him convert those beautiful cameos of 30s, 40s and 50s into hundreds, 150s and 200s.

Virat Kohli stunned the cricketing fraternity announcing his decision to step down as India’s Test captain on Saturday (January 15). Soon after he made his decision public, current and former cricketers came up with the messages congratulating Kohli for taking the Test team to newer heights during his seven-year stint. However, his stint as captain of India across all form

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