Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are absolute diamonds shining bright for the Indian cricket team when it comes to the T20 format of cricket.

However, with Virat Kohli’s recent call to step down as India captain in the T20 format following the Twenty20 World Cup this year, Rohit Sharma fits the bill perfectly for many in the cricketing universe as a replacement for Kohli.

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The discussion around Rohit Sharma as the next Team India T20 captain stems from his successful record at Mumbai Indians in the world’s biggest cricketing league, IPL.

There had been growing chatter around Sharma replacing Kohli but media reports indicating such were rejected by BCCI officials.

Here’s a look at some of the key Rohit Sharma vs Virat Kohli statistics:

  1. Sharma has successfully proved his mettle as a T20 captain by leading his IPL side, Mumbai Indians, to five championship titles in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020
  2. Sharma captained Mumbai Indians in 123 matches and won 74 with a winning percentage of over 60.
  3. Kohli, on the contrary, is yet to win a single league title with the Royal Challengers Bangalore
  4. Rohit Sharma has captained the Indian side in 19 T20I games, out of which he has won 15, lost 4 with an overall win percentage of almost 79.
  5. As a player for India, he made his debut in T20I cricket during the ICC World Twenty20 in 2007  and has so far played 111 T20I matches
  6. The Indian opener has 2,864 runs to his name with a strike rate of 138.96, courtesy of four centuries and 22 half-centuries
  7. Virat Kohli, on the other hand, has played 90 T20 Internationals scoring 3159 runs with 28 fifties
  8. He captained India in 45 games, winning 27 and losing 14 with a win percentage of 60.16

BCCI is moving fast with important decisions in search for India’s next major ICC trophy, something that’s been missing from the vault for eight years now.The last time India won any major ICC event was the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy under MS Dhoni. India beat England in the final hit by rain.

Meanwhile, Dhoni will mentor the Indian team at the upcoming T20 World Cup which will be played in UAE and Oman between October 17 and November 14.