Yuvraj Singh | Rishabh Pant to lead Test team as Kohli’s successor; Yuvraj Singh with support

Former India captain Yuvraj Singh has called for Rishabh Pant to captain the new Test team following Virat Kohli stepped down as captain. Yuvraj Singh says the experience of the ball behind the stumps will benefit Test cricket.

Yuvraj said the ball was trying to figure out the game from behind the stumps. Earlier, Sunil Gavaskar had also demanded that the ball be made the Test captain. Yuvraj said he supported Gavaskar’s opinion.

Gavaskar said the captain’s job is to make the ball more responsible and better. Gavaskar was referring to Rohit Sharma as the captain of the Mumbai Indians. Gavaskar says that Rohit has become a more responsible player and has excelled in batting since he became the Mumbai captain.

With the resignation of Virat Kohli, Rohit may be India’s new Test captain. Rohit is currently India’s Twenty20 and ODI captain. He was the vice-captain of the Test team for the tour of South Africa but was ruled out of the series due to injury. Rohit will be the captain while KL Rahul will be the vice-captain. Rohit will make his Test debut in the series once morest Sri Lanka in India.

Kohli stepped down as captain of the Test team yesterday. Kohli can no longer be seen as the captain of Team India in all three formats. Kohli has led India to the most number of Tests and most victories. India have won 40 of the 68 Tests led by Kohli.

Kohli became the Indian captain in 2015 following the resignation of MS Dhoni. The 33-year-old Kohli has scored 5864 runs in 113 innings with 20 centuries since taking over as captain. The highest score was 254 not out.

Kohli, who joined the BCCI on September 21, announced his retirement from the Twenty20 captaincy following the World Cup. Following this, Kohli was removed from the post of ODI team captain on December 8.

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