Former head coach Ravi Shastri has said that Rohit Sharma should be made a full-time Test captain of India, provided the senior batter can maintain his fitness.
\r\nRohit was appointed as India's Test vice-captain in December last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, the Mumbai Indi'ns' skipper was not able to travel with the Indian team to South Africa due to a hamstring injury he picked up last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
KL Rahul was then appointed Kohli's deputy ahead of the tour of South Africa. But after Virat stepped down from Test captaincy, the search for next leader has begun.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
To this, Shastri came forward and shared his view.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"If Rohit is fit, why can't he be the captain in Tests too. He was appointed vice-captain for the South Africa series but he couldn't go there because of injuries. So why not, if he was made the vice-captain, why can't he be promoted to captaincy." Shastri told India Today.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rohit, who is likely to lead India across all formats, is currently 34 and India is certainly going to look towards grooming a youngster for the leadership role in the future and Shastri bats for Rishabh Pant.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He said the 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batter should be kept in mind when the selectors and the team management are discussing the future captain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Rishabh is a tremendous young player. As a coach, I was very fond of him, his attitude and the good thing about him was that he would always listen to you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n