Rohit Sharma replaces Virat Kohli as India's new ODI, T20I captain

New Indian ODI captain: Rohit Sharma has been named as the new captain of the Indian ODI and T20I teams. The All-India Senior Selection Committee announced the same on December 8, 2021. He will be succeeding Virat Kohli, who had announced his decision to step down as the T20 captain in September 2021. 

Rohit Sharma already took the helm as the T20 captain of Team India during its recent T20 series against New Zealand in November 2021. He will take over as the ODI captain during the three-match ODI against South Africa, which will start from January 2022. 

Virat Kohli will remain the captain of the Indian test side. 

Stay tuned for more updates. 

The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Mr Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward.#TeamIndia | @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/hcg92sPtCa

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 8, 2021

Read more: Virat Kohli steps down as T20 captain, to remain captain for ODI/ Test formats

Rohit Sharma has also been named as the new vice-captain of the Indian Test team, replacing out-of-form Ajinkya Rahane. This was informed when the BCCI announced the 18-member squad for the upcoming three-match test series against South Africa.

India vs South Africa Test Series 

India vs South Africa 1st test (Boxing Day Test) -December 26, Centurion

India vs South Africa 2nd test- January 3, Johannesburg

India vs South Africa 3rd test-January 11, Cape Town

The three-match test series will be followed by a 3-match ODI series.

India vs South Africa ODI Series

India vs South Africa 1st ODI- January 19, Paarl

India vs South Africa 2nd ODI- January 21, Paarl

India vs South Africa 3rd ODI- January 23, Cape Town

Rohit Sharma - ODI Captaincy Record

As Rohit Sharma takes over as Team India’s ODI Captain, it is also important to look at his captaincy track record so far in the 50 over format of the game. Until now, Rohit Sharma had got opportunity to captain the Men in Blue only in absence or unavailability of Virat Kohli. Rohit made his ODI captaincy debut in 2018 against Sri Lanka, a match that India won by 7 wickets. The statistics reveal that Rohit has so far led India in 10 ODIs and has managed to win 8 of them. This puts his winning ratio at 80%.

^{Table updated as on 9th December 2021}

Rohit Sharma – T20I Captaincy Record

In T20 Internationals, Rohit has captained the Men in Blue more times than in ODIs. Similar to ODIs, Rohit made his captaincy debut for T20I in 2017 against Sri Lanka and won the match for India by 93 runs. So far, in T20Is Rohit has led India in a total of 22 matches and won 18 out of them. This puts his success ratio in the shortest format of the game to 81%.

^{Table Updated as on 9th December 2021}