South Africa vs India 2021: Rohit Sharma has been appointed as the new ODI captain

This might be the biggest decision taken by the Indian cricket team management in the last few years. Rohit Sharma, who has been quite successful in the little chances he got as the Indian cricket team's captain will replace Virat Kohli as the new ODI captain. Not to forget, Rohit has been already made the T20I captain as well. Sharma's tenure will start from the South Africa vs India 2021 series.

Chetan Sharma lead selection panel held a meeting with new coach Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli to make sure everything happens peacefully. Though, it was already speculated that Virat might leave the ODI captaincy to release some pressure from his shoulder. Although, he will continue as the Test captain. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma also has been made the deputy of Virat Kohli in tests. In that case, Ajinkya Rahane's career might be in a bit of danger.

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It is reported that the communication was made by the new coach Rahul Dravid. Dravid will now have to manage a totally new leadership group of Indian cricket. Another big news of the selection day is that Ravindra Jadeja is out of South Africa vs India 2021 series due to a hamstring injury.

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Here is the full test squad for the South Africa vs India 2021 series

Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (Wk), Wriddhiman Saha (Wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Md. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.