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Follow UsVirat Kohli's childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma felt that the certainty of playing all three formats makes Rohit Sharma the prime candidate to replace his pupil as the next Test captain. Rohit had replaced Kohli as the T20I and ODI captain after the T20 World Cup while the latter had renounced Test captaincy following the 2-1 series defeat against South Africa.
Ahead of the South Africa tour which he missed due to a hamstring injury, Rohit was elevated to the role of Test vice-captain in place of Ajinkya Rahane.
"I don't think there is any contender apart from Rohit Sharma because there is no other player whose place is certain in all three formats. So I believe he is the better choice and he has done excellent captaincy in the IPL and whenever he has got a chance for the Indian team. I have full expectation that he will take the Indian team to newer heights," Sharma told India News.
Sharma hoped that Rohit and head coach Rahul Dravid can be on the same page.
"Every captain has his own choice and every captain desires to get the players he wants and generally that happens as well. It becomes easy if Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid are on the same page, if the captain and coach want a particular team, the selectors feel it right to give them that team. This should happen also and I feel that will happen as well," he added.
India's next series will be at home against West Indies where they play three ODIs and as many T20Is from February 6-20.