Captaincy in Indian cricket is a bit like how shares are looked at in the stock market. If, till yesterday, Virat Kohli was the bluechip stock, today he has become tradeable.
To cut a long story short, as had been written about in the same column two months ago, Kohli’s days as white ball captain were numbered. Whether he quit the T20 captaincy of the Indian team before the ICC World T20 in the United Arab Emirates or was eased out is now well known. Similarly, when Rohit Sharma was named captain for the ODIs last week, it became crystal clear what the thought process of the Board of Control for Cricket in India has been.
You can argue that the way Kohli has been sacked from ODI captaincy reeks of unprofessionalism. Fact is, the BCCI has always been autocratic. They can make the captain feel like a king one day and a pauper the next day. This time, after announcing the captain for the ODI series in South Africa, which will be held after the Test series, the BCCI stayed quiet for one day before wanting President Sourav Ganguly to make us believe this was part of the transition process.
For India to win two series at home against New Zealand, the T20 and Tests, was good news. Rohit Sharma was the captain for the T20 series, and even for the two-Test series, there were two captains — Ajinkya Rahane as stand-in for the first Test before Kohli claimed a huge victory in the second Test in Mumbai.
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