Chief who led with grit, ardour: BCCI thanks Virat Kohli at finish of limited-overs captaincy stint | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: A day after changing him with Rohit Sharma as India’s ODI skipper, the BCCI on Thursday thanked Virat Kohli for displaying “grit, ardour and dedication” throughout his tenure.
Rohit was additionally named Kohli’s deputy within the Take a look at format. The Mumbaikar is already India’s T20 captain.
“A frontrunner who led the aspect with grit, ardour & dedication. Thanks Captain @imVkohli,” the Board tweeted on the day after fully omitting any reference to him within the press observe that introduced Rohit’s elevation to ODI captaincy.

In a captaincy that started in 2017, Kohli led India to 65 wins out of 95 matches with an admirable successful proportion of 70.43.
He relinquished T20 captaincy on the finish of the T20 World Cup the place India couldn’t make the knockout phases.

Rohit’s first project as India’s restricted overs captain was the T20 collection towards New Zealand at house final month, which the staff gained 3-0.
His subsequent huge take a look at can be the South Africa ODI collection, the squad for which is but to be introduced.