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South Africa vs India, 1st ODI : Probable XI

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After a heartbreaking loss against South Africa in red-ball cricket both teams face-off in the three-match One-Day International series. KL Rahul will lead the Indian team in absence of injured Rohit Sharma. Besides, Jasprit Bumrah has been named vice captain.  

India and South Africa will play a three-match ODI series starting from 19th January. The first match will be played at Boland Park, Paarl. However, Team India have already suffered two huge blows from the squad standpoint. Washington Sundar couldn’t board the flight as he was tested position ahead of the tour. Whereas Mohammed Siraj suffered an injury in the second Test, and he is unlikely to recover. Jayant Yadav and Navdeep Saini have been announced as their replacements. 

It will be interesting to see what sort of combination team India plays against South Africa after the return of opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan. There is a chance that India might hand all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer ODI debut as well. As far as opening combination is concerned, Rahul and Dhawan will open with Virat Kohli at number three. Shreyas Iyer and Surya Kumar Yadav will bat at four and five respectively followed by wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant.

India has five bowling options in the form of Thakur, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar/Siraj, Chahal and Bumrah. However, India will have to decide between Iyer and Ravi Ashwin while Yuzvendra Chahal is set to feature as prime spinner. Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the bowling attack. It could be a toss up between Deepak Chahar and Shardul for the third seamer option.

Virat Kohli rejects BCCI’s proposal to lead India in his 100th Test Match

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Virat Kohli, on Saturday shocked everyone by stepping down as the Indian Test captain, a day after India’s 2-1 series loss to Dean Elgar’s South Africa in their ongoing tour of the African nation. 

Earlier, the 33-year-old, resigned from T20I captaincy citing workload management as the reason. Then, he is removed from the ODI captaincy as BCCI wanted only one captain for both ODIs and T20Is. And now, Virat Kohli announced his sudden resignation as red-ball captain with immediate effect. Notably, Kohli was recently involved in a tussle with the BCCI concerning his captaincy in white-ball formats. 

The Cricket fraternity is still wondering that BCCI forced to Virat Kohli to step down as the captain of the Indian Test team. Despite having an outstanding record as skipper in the longest format of the game, things weren’t going as Kohli would have liked. However, according to report the BCCI offered a farewell match to Kohli and asked him to lead the Indian squad one last time in his 100th Test match. However, it has been learnt that Kohli refused to accept the offer saying, “One match makes no difference. That’s not how I am”.

This means that his tenure as India’s Test skipper ended with a series defeat. This report further stated that he wanted to give up the pressures and responsibilities that come as captain to focus on batting.

Pakistani Cricketer Mohammd Amir React to Kohil’s Decision to Quit as Skipper

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Virat Kohli has shocked the cricket world by announcing his resignation as India’s Test captain. This came as a shock to the fans and the entire cricketing community, since India’s Test record under Virat Kohli is unmatched.
Virat announced Saturday he was stepping down as Test captain, a day after his side lost a three-match series to South Africa.

But he will now be available only as a player and will be donning his 100th Test cap under a new captain next month. Social media is flooded with wishes for Kohli. Several cricketers have now reacted to the Virat Kohli news. A few Pakistan players have also reacted to Kohli’s resignation and heaped praise on the India legend

Pakistan cricket fraternity sent their best wishes to Virat Kohli after he stepped down as India’s Test captain. Kohli announced his decision on social media and thanked BCCI for giving him the opportunity to lead the side for seven years.

Taking to Twitter, Amir called Kohli a “true leader” while showering praise on the former Indian captain. “@imVkohli brother for me u are a true leader  of upcoming generation in cricket because u are inspiration for young Cricketers. keep rocking on and of the field,” wrote former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir.