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Six captains in as many months: Indian cricket's leadership challenge

In 2022, the Indian cricket team have played six series in which Rohit Sharma has led in only three and the rest of the times different players took charge

India skipper Rohit Sharma. Photo: @ICC
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India skipper Rohit Sharma. Photo: @ICC

Abhishek Singh New Delhi
For cricket fans looking to make memes the inspiration these days is the Indian cricket team changing six captains in six months after since Virat Kohli was removed from the role in January. Rohit Sharma, the regular skipper, and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly have said they do not have any control over the issue.

“I fully agree that it is not ideal to have seven (including Kohli) different captains in such a short span of time but it has happened because of an unavoidable situation. Like Rohit was all set to lead in South Africa in white-ball but before the

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