The Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma has started his full-time captaincy in Test cricket quite dominatingly as India whitewashed Sri Lanka in the two-match series. Rohit has been delivering impressive results with his leadership after taking over the responsibility from Virat Kohli as full-time skipper. Rohit Sharma has been an impressive leader in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and he was also handed the captaincy of the national team after Virat Kohli resigned as the captain.
Ahead of the Test series, Rohit Sharma managed to notch clean sweeps against New Zealand and West Indies in limited-overs. Rohit has been delivering good results since he became full-time captain of the national team and several former cricketers have praised his tactics. Wasim Jaffer is the new name to join the bandwagon and he thinks that Rohit can become a better Test captain than Kohli.
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During a recent chat with ESPNCricinfo, Wasim Jaffer said, “Rohit Sharma can become a better Test captain than Virat Kohli. Don’t know how many Tests he will captain, but tactically I feel he is one of the best captains and we are seeing the results of how they have whitewashed each series. It feels like the captaincy has come in the hands of the right captain.”
Team India also achieved an Asian record of maintaining an unbeaten run of the team under the captain of Rohit Sharma. India lost none in their 15-match home season, getting a win percentage of 93.7.
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It is the highest win percentage ever recorded by a side while playing at home (minimum 10 matches). The next best is also by Team India for 2008/09 season that won eight of their 11 matches registering a win percentage of 72.7.
