Yograj Singh Slams Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma For Untimely Test Retirements: "Baton Thrown At..."

Yograj Singh Slams Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma For Untimely Test Retirements: "Baton Thrown At..."

Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retired from the format last month, days before India's squad was announced for the upcoming five-match Test series against England.

EXCLUSIVE | India Test captaincy baton thrown at Shubman Gill, says Yograj Singh - Inside Sport India

Often a captain is the team’s best player. Pat Cummins and Temba Bavuma, who were playing in the World Test Championship final, are fine examples of that. This was the case for India as well. Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli were the last three captains. And all of them were the best players India had at various moments. This isn’t true anymore. Shubman Gill has been named India’s new Test captain and Rohit’s successor. And isn’t ev…