Salman Butt explains why KL Rahul, not Virat Kohli, is India’s ODI captain in opposition to South Africa

After a few controversial months for Indian cricket, Virat Kohli and his males gave their followers one thing to cheer for following their historic 113-run win over South Africa within the 1st Test on the SuperSport Park in Centurion.

Their first triumph at fortress Centurion allowed them to finish 2021, a triumphant 12 months for the Indian Test crew, on a excessive. But, a day later, the announcement of India’s 18-man ODI squad by chief selector Chetan Sharma stirred the pot as soon as once more.Having missed out in Tests, injured Rohit Sharma was additionally dominated of the ODI sequence. But, it was India’s ODI captaincy for the three-match sequence that raised eyebrows. Despite Kohli’s presence within the line-up, the Indian choice committee positioned their religion in younger KL Rahul to steer the strains in opposition to the Proteas.While some questioned the newest improvement, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt noticed nothing mistaken with the choice. In truth, hailing the method of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Butt defined the logic behind the selectors’ name.”Virat Kohli will not lead this team any further. And, since he is no longer going to captain the team, they (the management) will pick the vice-captain as the stand-in skipper, who can lead the team in the future and has also captained in the IPL,” former Pak opener mentioned in response to a fan’s question on his YouTube channel.Recalling the nice MS Dhoni period, Butt identified that Team India has been following the identical sample of grooming the children for captaincy over time. “This has been the pattern that Indian cricket has been following. Whenever there is a chance, they give youngsters the responsibility to test them. So, I feel this is a good opportunity for KL Rahul,” he mentioned.”We saw this even during MS Dhoni’s time. Whenever India were up against smaller nations, he used to hand the captaincy to youngsters and the team used to win,” he added.Apart from handing Rahul the captaincy, the Indian selectors additionally determined to make seam-bowling sensation Jasprit Bumrah the vice-captain for the ODI sequence in opposition to South Africa. Other than that, out of favour opener Shikhar Dhawan has additionally been recalled for the three-match ODI duel which is slated to start from nineteenth January.