Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:07 AM IST
The Indian team took an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series after winning the Mohali Test against Sri Lanka. After this victory, it has been decided that Rohit Sharma will not lose in his first Test series as captain.
The Indian team took an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series after winning the Mohali Test against Sri Lanka. After this victory, it has been decided that Rohit Sharma will not lose in his first Test series as captain. Even if the Sri Lankan team wins the second Test, the series will be tied at 1-1. Rohit is the 10th Indian player to win in his debut Test as captain. Out of 35 captains in India’s Tests, 13 captains did not win Tests. Only 10 captains have already won the test match.
Polly Umrigar was the first player to win the first Test match as captain. He won against New Zealand in 1955. After him, Sunil Gavaskar captained the team for the first time against New Zealand in Auckland. Ravi Shastri had captained Team India in only one match. In that the Indian team won against West Indies in Chennai.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Sehwag have also won the first match
Sachin Tendulkar captained for the first time against Australia. He got success in his very first match as captain. Then Team India won in Delhi. Later, Sourav Ganguly’s name was also added to this list. He captained for the first time against Bangladesh in the year 2000 and Team India won that match. After Ganguly, Virender Sehwag won in his first match as captain. They defeated Sri Lanka in 2005 in Ahmedabad. After Sehwag, Anil Kumble also got such success. He captained for the first time against Pakistan in 2007 and the Indian team won in Delhi. Mahendra Singh Dhoni got the captaincy for the first time in 2008 in the absence of Kumble. He had won against South Africa. Ajinkya Rahane joined this list after Dhoni. In his first match as captain, he won against Australia at Dharamsala in 2017.
Rohit replaces Kohli as full-time captain
Rohit Sharma was made the full-time captain in the first T20 after the departure of Virat Kohli last year. After this, Kohli was removed from the captaincy of ODIs before the tour of South Africa. Rohit also got the command of ODI after T20. After losing the Test series in South Africa, Virat left the captaincy in the biggest format of cricket. Rohit was again handed over the command of the Test. Now after winning against Lanka, he joined an exclusive club. Rohit Sharma is the fifth player to captain India in all three formats. With the victory in Mohali, he got his name registered in a special club. He is the fifth captain of India to win at least one match while captaining in all three formats. Before him, Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli had captained the team in all three formats and won at least one match in all three.
Expansion
The Indian team took an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series after winning the Mohali Test against Sri Lanka. After this victory, it has been decided that Rohit Sharma will not lose in his first Test series as captain. Even if the Sri Lankan team wins the second Test, the series will be tied at 1-1. Rohit is the 10th Indian player to win in his debut Test as captain. Out of 35 captains in India’s Tests, 13 captains did not win Tests. Only 10 captains have already won the test match.
Polly Umrigar was the first player to win the first Test match as captain. He won against New Zealand in 1955. After him, Sunil Gavaskar captained the team for the first time against New Zealand in Auckland. Ravi Shastri had captained Team India in only one match. In that the Indian team won against West Indies in Chennai.