Rohit Sharma Test Captaincy Stats and Record: Rohit Sharma has created a sensation in the cricket world by retiring from Test cricket at the age of 38 years. Rohit was able to score only 122 runs in his last 2 Test series, this poor form is also being described as a big reason for his retirement. After Virat Kohli left the captaincy, Rohit Sharma took command of the Indian Test team in the year 2022. Know here whether Rohit proved to be the best Indian captain in Tests or his record proved like a bomb? Know about the figures of Rohit Sharma as captain here.

Was Rohit Sharma, India’s best Test captain?

Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India played the first Test series against Sri Lanka in 2022. Team India won 2–0 in that series. If we look at the total record of Rohit’s Test captaincy, he captained 24 Test matches, out of which Team India won 12 times. Rohit’s under 9 times lost India and lost 3 matches. Captain Rohit’s winning percentage in Tests was 50.

The captaincy record of ‘Hitman’ in the Test can be called average, but Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni also proved to be much better than them. Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian cricket team won 58.82 percent matches in the Test. At the same time, talk about MS Dhoni also proved to be a better captain than Rohit Sharma in terms of victory percentage. According to the figures, Rohit Sharma was not the best Test captain of India. This record is in the name of Virat Kohli, under whose captaincy India had won 40 wins in 68 matches.

Who can be the new captain?

The big question after Rohit Sharma’s retirement is who can be the new captain of India’s Test team? Jasprit Bumrah is being named at the forefront of this race, who is also the vice -captain of the Test team. Apart from Bumrah, Shubman Gill is also in a large extent in the race for captaincy.

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