Ajinkya Rahane sacked as Test vice-captain, Rohit Sharma named Virat Kohli’s deputy

India’s T20I and ODI skipper Rohit Sharma will substitute Ajinkya Rahane as Test vice-captain for the upcoming tour of South Africa. India Tour of South Africa: Rohit Sharma replaces Ajinkya Rahane as Test vice-captain (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSAjinkya Rahane has been sacked as India’s Test vice-captainRohit Sharma will likely be Virat Kohli’s deputy in South Africa Test collectionAjinkya Rahane’s poor run with the bat has value him Test vice-captaincyThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday appointed Rohit Sharma as India’s new vice-captain for the upcoming Test tour of South Africa. Rohit will likely be changing Ajinkya Rahane as Virat Kohli’s deputy for the collection towards South Africa.

Rohit was handed over the accountability to guide India in T20Is after Virat Kohli stepped down and he has additionally been named as India’s captain in ODIs. While Rahane has been an everyday in whites, Rohit’s shares have additionally risen within the purest format of the sport.Squad: Virat Kohli (Capt),Rohit Sharma(vc), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(wk), Wriddhiman Saha(wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj. pic.twitter.com/6xSEwn9Rxb— BCCI (@BCCI) December 8, 2021
With an prolonged run of poor type in current occasions, Ajinkya Rahane’s place within the group has been below the scanner for some time. Rahane has scored simply two half-centuries since scoring a century towards Australia on the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December final yr and his common has been within the mid-20s over the previous 29 innings.So far in 2021, Rahane averages 19.57 in 12 Tests. He goes via the worst part in his profession however this dip has been within the making for a couple of years. In 2017, he averaged a modest 34.62, adopted by a lower than bizarre 30.66 in 2018. However, Rahane completed 2019 with a mean of 71.33 from 8 Tests.Rahane has led the Indian Test group on a number of events prior to now, together with the primary Test in Kanpur in Kohli’s absence. Notably, earlier this yr, India registered a historic collection win in Australia below Rahane’s captaincy solely.Click right here for IndiaImmediately.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.