The victory of the Indian team remains intact under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. After the 3-match T20 series, now Team India has completely eliminated Sri Lanka in the 2-match Test series as well. In the Day-Night Test played in Bangalore, Rohit’s army defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 238 runs to win the series 2-0. With this, Rohit has also made a special record in his name. As the regular captain, Rohit is the first Indian captain to debut in all three formats, including T20, ODI, and Test, with a clean sweep victory.
Became regular captain after T20 World Cup
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli left the T20 captaincy after the T20 World Cup 2021. At the same time, the captaincy of ODI was also withdrawn from him before the South Africa tour. After Virat, Rohit Sharma got the responsibility of regular captaincy in limited-overs cricket. Under Rohit’s captaincy, India made a 3-0 clean sweep of New Zealand, West Indies, and Sri Lanka in three consecutive T20Is. However, in the meantime, he could not go on the South Africa tour due to injury. For which he played the first series against Sri Lanka as a regular ODI captain. Rohit also started his captaincy in ODI cricket with a clean sweep win of 3-0.
After Virat Kohli got the responsibility
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli resigned from the Test captaincy post after a 2-1 loss in the Test series on the South Africa tour. After which Rohit Sharma, who was holding the regular captaincy of the limited-overs series, was given the responsibility of regular captaincy in Test cricket before the Sri Lanka series. After T20 and ODI, Rohit started his captaincy in a great way in Test cricket as well. Team India clean sweep the Test series 2-0, winning both the matches unilaterally. In this way, this special record was registered in the name of Rohit.
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