During a Facebook interaction with Pakistan’s sports presenter Sawera Pasha, Aakash Chopra talked about several exciting topics. Chopra spoke about the resumption of India-Pakistan bilateral series, while also discussing the future of Virat Kohli as the captain of the Indian cricket team.
‘Rohit Sharma is a ready-made choice for captaincy’
Rohit Sharma took over the reins at Mumbai Indians in IPL 2013. The opening batsman changed the franchise’s fortunes as he led the team to its first IPL title triumph that year.
In the next six years that have followed, Mumbai Indians have won the prestigious tournament thrice, highlighting Rohit Sharma’s excellent record as captain.
Thus, Aakash Chopra feels that India’s limited-overs vice-captain is ready to become the permanent Indian cricket team captain.
Chopra pointed out that Virat Kohli needed a stellar bowling attack to succeed. He compared the performance of the Indian Test team to Royal Challengers Bangalore’s fortunes to make his opinion clear.
Also, the former Kolkata Knight Riders batsman felt that Kohli would probably never agree for a split captaincy role.
He then spoke about India’s recent performance in ICC events.
“For the next 10-12 months, I think it will be Kohli. But after that, if you are looking for a change of guard… I wish India wins an ICC event soon because, after 2013, we haven’t won anything. There is a T20 World Cup in India as well. Hopefully, India should win one of these 2. If they don’t win, then you may start thinking, ’let’s look for a change in leadership and find a different tone now,” Chopra signed off.
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