Rohit Sharma is looking over things for a while now: Virat Kohli hints at his ‘successor’ | Cricket News – Times of India

DUBAI: India captain Virat Kohli on Monday kind of confirmed that Rohit Sharma will exchange him as T20 International skipper and mentioned that the senior opener has been “overlooking things for a while now”.
Rohit, who is Kohli’s deputy within the T20 World Cup, is tipped to take the mantle of captain of the India T20I aspect from the upcoming shortest format matches towards New Zealand at residence, starting November 17.

“I’ve been immensely proud of how the team has played. Now I think it’s time for the next lot to stake this team forward. Obviously Rohit is here and he’s overlooking (sic) (overseeing) things for a while now,” Kohli mentioned through the toss forward of India’s last T20 World Cup match towards Namibia right here.
“It’s been an honour for me, I was given the opportunity and I tried to do my best. But it’s also time to create some space and move forward.”

Monday’s recreation additionally marked the tip of Ravi Shastri’s tenure as head coach together with another help workers members, together with bowling coach Bharat Arun.
Kohli had introduced his choice to surrender T20 captaincy earlier than the World Cup. He has additionally stepped down as captain of his IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Speculation is rife that the famous person batter may also lose the ODI management function in close to future.