Finally, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made an official announcement as Rohit Sharma replaced Virat Kohli to become India’s new all-format skipper. After replacing Virat Kohli as the white-ball captain, Rohit Sharma was named as the new Test captain of the Indian cricket team on Saturday.
Rohit Sharma’s first assignment as India’s skipper in the longest format of the game will be against Sri Lanka from February 24 to March 16.
Rohit Sharma has already impressed one and all with his brilliant captaincy in the white-ball format. His era after being announced as permanent skipper in the limited-overs format began brilliantly. He is still to lose a game, winning three against New Zealand and now he has won 5 against the Windies.
Chairman of the selection committee Chetan Sharma made the announcement on Saturday while announcing the squad for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka. Announcing the big news Chetan Sharma said:
“Rohit is the No.1 cricketer of our country. He’s absolutely fit and fine. The grooming becomes easy when a big player like him becomes a captain”.
He added:
“There is no problem with Rohit. It will be very important to have him fit. We will be in discussion with him regarding that. We have to groom a captain under him. Rohit will be the permanent captain. But we will be rotating the squad depending on the series. There was no discussion regarding other options. We were absolutely clear on Rohit Sharma. “
Meanwhile, fans couldn’t keep calm as they flocked to Twitter and flooded it with their amazing reactions and memes to it. Several fans were happy that Rohit Sharma will be leading a new era of the Indian cricket team, while others started a meme fest on social media.
Here, check out some of the best memes we found on Twitter:
Rohit Sharma is the new Test Captain of Indian Team.#RohitSharma #Cricket pic.twitter.com/xkm0GjqiOI
— Pennedit.In (@Pennedit_in) February 19, 2022
Rohit sharma named india’s Test captain.#BCCI #RohitSharma #testcaptain pic.twitter.com/01GfJNDhny
— Memeduqaan (@memeduqaan) February 19, 2022
They are coming to rule pic.twitter.com/gSlkgPCiu5
— HARISHREDDY08 ? (@harishreddy08) February 19, 2022
They use to call him temporary captain,
now he is the captain of Team India accross all formats ???
The rise of Captain Rohit Sharma#RohitSharma | @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/sbdNfm95EG
— Lucky
(@LBerojya) Rohit Sharma Right Now
How fast the life changes from being temporary captain to All Format Captain Of Indian Cricket Team pic.twitter.com/6Yhe66ooza— ASmemesss (@asmemesss) February 19, 2022
India’s new test captain Rohit Sharma. pic.twitter.com/MbuJShTfGE
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) February 19, 2022
Now Permanent Test Captain Of Team India ????#RohitSharma #Hitman pic.twitter.com/SOW7aWOFbd
— Gautham K S (@gks_tweets) February 19, 2022
Rohit Sharma after gaining captaincy of Test team pic.twitter.com/ErlAVIDoS3
— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) February 19, 2022
MS Dhoni had hinted on the sidelines during the 2016 tour to Zimbabwe that Jasprit Bumrah, who was then only 6 months old in international cricket, would captain India someday. Here we are in 2022 with Bumrah only a niggle to Rohit Sharma away from leading India in a Test #INDvSL
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) February 19, 2022
From being called “India’s biggest liability”, “Blocking place for youngsters”, “India carrying him”, “Mumbai lobby” etc to becoming the Test Captain of Indian team.
Rohit Sharma’s sheer hard-work has finally paid off! ? pic.twitter.com/0KdO2OLnQ4
— Abhay (@TheRampShot) February 19, 2022
