<p>Indian pundits and players on Sunday hailed Rohit Sharma as the new all-format skipper after he replaced Virat Kohli in one of world cricket's biggest jobs.</p>.<p>Rohit, 34, was appointed Test captain on Saturday ahead of the two-Test Sri Lanka series next month which will be preceded by three T20 Internationals beginning on Thursday.</p>.<p>The swashbuckling opener was a unanimous choice for the Test job after he took over the white-ball duties from Kohli, who gave up the T20I captaincy last year and was then sacked as 50-over skipper.</p>.<p>The <em>Indian Express</em> said: "A new era in Indian cricket has begun in earnest, with Rohit Sharma now captain in all three formats."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rohit-sharma-named-india-test-captain-1083127.html" target="_blank">Rohit Sharma named India Test captain</a></strong></p>.<p>Batting great Sunil Gavaskar praised Rohit's leadership skills. "From the way he speaks, it seems like the players know their roles," Gavaskar said on <em>Sports Tak</em>.</p>.<p>"And they know what the team expects from them and what the captain expects from them."</p>.<p>Rohit led the team to a 3-0 ODI sweep of West Indies and then his team took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three T20I matches with the third and final fixture set for Sunday.</p>.<p>An outstanding limited-overs batsman, Rohit made his Test debut batting at number six in 2013.</p>.<p>He finally established his place as a Test opener in 2019 when he hit twin centuries against South Africa on his debut at the top of the order.</p>.<p>He has led Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians to a record five T20 titles and Kohli's inability to win India an ICC crown paved the way for the leadership switch.</p>.<p>Former England captain Michael Vaughan gave his thumbs-up to India's new Test captain and wrote, "Good choice" on Twitter.</p>.<p>Veteran journalist Ayaz Memon tweeted, "Congratulations to #RohitSharma being made Test captain too. Frankly, can't understand why BCCI was dithering after Kohli had quit the job."</p>.<p>But given his age, the 34-year-old Rohit might still be a stop-gap leadership choice and Chetan Sharma, chairman of selectors, said that future captains would be groomed under him.</p>.<p>In another move likely looking at the future, senior players Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha were dropped for the two Tests against Sri Lanka starting March 4.</p>.<p>Saha, a wicketkeeper-batsman, hit back at Sourav Ganguly, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, for not backing him enough.</p>.<p>The 37-year-old Saha claimed that Ganguly promised to look after him following his 61 in a New Zealand Test last year, but he said he failed to understand "why everything changed so fast".</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Indian pundits and players on Sunday hailed Rohit Sharma as the new all-format skipper after he replaced Virat Kohli in one of world cricket's biggest jobs.</p>.<p>Rohit, 34, was appointed Test captain on Saturday ahead of the two-Test Sri Lanka series next month which will be preceded by three T20 Internationals beginning on Thursday.</p>.<p>The swashbuckling opener was a unanimous choice for the Test job after he took over the white-ball duties from Kohli, who gave up the T20I captaincy last year and was then sacked as 50-over skipper.</p>.<p>The <em>Indian Express</em> said: "A new era in Indian cricket has begun in earnest, with Rohit Sharma now captain in all three formats."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rohit-sharma-named-india-test-captain-1083127.html" target="_blank">Rohit Sharma named India Test captain</a></strong></p>.<p>Batting great Sunil Gavaskar praised Rohit's leadership skills. "From the way he speaks, it seems like the players know their roles," Gavaskar said on <em>Sports Tak</em>.</p>.<p>"And they know what the team expects from them and what the captain expects from them."</p>.<p>Rohit led the team to a 3-0 ODI sweep of West Indies and then his team took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three T20I matches with the third and final fixture set for Sunday.</p>.<p>An outstanding limited-overs batsman, Rohit made his Test debut batting at number six in 2013.</p>.<p>He finally established his place as a Test opener in 2019 when he hit twin centuries against South Africa on his debut at the top of the order.</p>.<p>He has led Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians to a record five T20 titles and Kohli's inability to win India an ICC crown paved the way for the leadership switch.</p>.<p>Former England captain Michael Vaughan gave his thumbs-up to India's new Test captain and wrote, "Good choice" on Twitter.</p>.<p>Veteran journalist Ayaz Memon tweeted, "Congratulations to #RohitSharma being made Test captain too. Frankly, can't understand why BCCI was dithering after Kohli had quit the job."</p>.<p>But given his age, the 34-year-old Rohit might still be a stop-gap leadership choice and Chetan Sharma, chairman of selectors, said that future captains would be groomed under him.</p>.<p>In another move likely looking at the future, senior players Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha were dropped for the two Tests against Sri Lanka starting March 4.</p>.<p>Saha, a wicketkeeper-batsman, hit back at Sourav Ganguly, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, for not backing him enough.</p>.<p>The 37-year-old Saha claimed that Ganguly promised to look after him following his 61 in a New Zealand Test last year, but he said he failed to understand "why everything changed so fast".</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here:</strong></p>