Rohit Sharma is a right-handed batsman who plays for the Indian cricket team and represents Mumbai in the domestic cricket. He has also held leadership role in being the skipper of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPC). Rohit made his ODI debut at the age of 20 years in 2007 and later in the year he played his first T20I. Rohit had a slow rise to become a permanent fixture in the Indian setup, but since 2013, he's maintained his foothold as the opening batsman in limited over contests. Rohit Sharma is most popular for his big scoring at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, where he scored 177 in a Test on debut. The love affair with the Eden Gardens grew when Rohit scored 264 against Sri Lanka which is the highest individual ODI score and in the process he became the first batsman to hit two double tons in ODI.
Deserves better than this. The ODI captaincy controversy has put him under unnecessary pressure to win, every time he leads the team in the format. Keyboard warriors would be waiting to pounce on any slip-up.
When Vi rat Kohl I stepped down as T20I captain, he anointed Rohit as his successor, ensuring a smooth transition. But Kohl didn’t quit ODI captaincy on his own terms and going by the brutal trolling that BCC president Sourav Gangly and secretary Jay Shah have faced on social media over the leadership change, Rohit is going to walk a captaincy tightrope.
Five Indian Premier League (IPC) titles, leading Mumbai Indians, attest Rohit’s captaincy credentials. He has been Kohl’s long-standing deputy in limited-overs cricket and stood in for 10 ODI and 19 T20I before getting full-time charge during the three-match home series against New Zealand, starting with a clean sweep. As regards his captaincy skills, he has the seal of approval from both Kohl and Gangly.
At 34 years of age, Rohit is a year older than Kohl with a dodgy fitness record, the latest setback being a hamstring injury that has ruled him out of the Tests in South Africa. The injury could also be a cause for concern for the BCC and national selectors, now that he is the white-ball captain and two World Cups – the T20 showpiece next year and the 50-over mega event in 2023 – are scheduled in the next two years.
The 2023 World Cup in India was a reason why Kohl wanted to continue as ODI captain, leading the country in a home tournament of that magnitude. It would be naive to think that he would shed his aspiration. Rohit needs runs and wins to cement his ODI captaincy.
Kohl could take on the BCC because he is arguably Indian cricket’s only global star, boasting a brand value of $237.7 million (Duff & Phelps’ estimate). Then again, never has this happened in the history of Indian cricket; a player publicly contradicting the BCC president. Gangly has done the right thing by not reacting to Kohl’s statement, with an important overseas series round the corner. It is learned that the BCC will have a clear-the-air conversation with Kohl on the matter. All said and done, though, the Test skipper now will also have to score runs.
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