Virat Kohli Refused To Leave ODI Captaincy And More News

The All India senior selection committee, on Wednesday (December 8), announced their decision of naming Rohit Sharma as India’s ODI skipper, replacing Virat Kohli, who had only recently relinquished T20I captaincy following the team’s premature exit in the 2021 T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

While Kohli stepping down meant India had taken a step towards adopting split captaincy for the first time, he had clearly announced his decision to step down as only the team’s T20I skipper, understandably inclined to continue leading both ODI and Test teams. However, given the commonly adopted model of splitting leadership roles in white-ball and red-ball formats, it was speculated that the passing of the baton in ODIs was only a matter of time.

Come December 8, it turned out to be true. “The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Mr Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward,” read a BCCI tweet as the board announced an 18-member squad for the upcoming three-Test series in South Africa.

What was, however, surprising was, unlike the previous instance, when Kohli announced his decision in the public domain himself, the transfer of ODI captaincy came with a terse tweet from the board, per which the selectors “decided to name” Rohit as the captain “going forward”.

Hours later, emerging reports reveal that looking at the development with suspicion might not be foolhardy. It is leant that the BCCI had given Kohli an option of stepping down voluntarily but he chose not to, forcing the board and the Chetan Sharma-led panel to unilaterally impose the decision.

The development means Kohli’s tenure at the helm ends without an ICC trophy in limited-overs events. He will, however, continue as the team’s captain in the longest format. Kohli, who took over as India’s full-time leader in 2017 after MS Dhoni stepped down, won 65 of the 95 ODIs he led India in. Although, despite being hugely

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