The captaincy saga between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and former skipper Virat Kohli has been a point of debate for a long time and in a situation like this, Rohit Sharma is set to start his stint as full-time ODI captain as Indian team start the three-match ODI series against West Indies on February 6 (Sunday) in Ahmedabad.
The Indian team will take on the West Indies in three ODIs and three T20Is in the upcoming series. The ODI series will take place in Ahmedabad and all the three T20I matches will be played in Kolkata. The T20I series is scheduled to start on February 16.
Rohit speaks
In a situation like this, Rohit Sharma has opened up on the captaincy issue and he said that he just needs to “take it forward from Virat.”
“I just need to take it forward from Virat. Everyone knows their roles, don't need to change much. Need to adapt according to situations. There's nothing that I need to change drastically,” Rohit said during a press conference.
Test captaincy
Previously, Kohli had decided to step down as the leader of the Indian Test team just a day after India’s 2-1 Test series loss against South Africa. And since then a lot has been speculated about the new Test captain and invariably Rohit’s name has been in the rumours as well. While talking about the Test captaincy issue, Rohit said that “there's time for that” and currently his “focus is on limited overs cricket.”
“There's time for that. My focus is on limited overs cricket. Workload management is important. We could lose a few series because we need to keep changing players, but we're ready for that.
“There's not a lot we need to change. We just need to adapt to different situations. We have played good ODI cricket for more than a few days. There's no need to panic just because we lost one series. The SA series provided great learnings,” Rohit added.
After the completion of West Indies series, Indian team will take on Sri Lanka in a three-match Test series and three-match T20I series.
