It seems as if Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were waiting for Virat Kohli to quit captaincy: Rashid Latif

Virat Kohli shocked the entire cricketing fraternity after announcing his decision to step down from the Test captain position. This came just a day after India lost the Test series against South Africa. Several former and current cricketers poured in wishes for the Kohli and hailed him as the best that the game has ever seen.

However, former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif believes that BCCI will now have to take a critical decision of who would be the next captain of the Indian side. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are the front-runners for this vacant position. But, Rashid believes that they both are not ready for this role.

He pointed out that Rohit has been an injury-prone cricketer and he missed the entire South Africa series because of that. Rashid mentioned that Rahul is also incapable of leading the team which was clearly on show during the second Test against South Africa.

“Kohli is a global star. Who will you make the captain? Rohit is not fit. He missed the entire tour of South Africa which means he is very unfit. KL Rahul is not capable. And I can’t understand the players. I have seen everyone’s reaction. Rahul, Rohit… all have accepted it. How can you accept his resignation if you really consider him that good? It was as if they were waiting for Virat to quit,” Latif said in a video on Caught Behind, a YouTube channel.

There is no bigger player in this world than Virat: Rashid Latif

Rashid also commented on the Sourav Ganguly and Kohli saga. He called BCCI’s decision of removing Kohli from his ODI captaincy position unfortunate and mentioned that it should not have happened. Rashid also said that Kohli should now focus on his batting and give a befitting reply to BCCI by scoring runs.

“What happened is wrong for Kohli, Indian cricket, and Ganguly. This shouldn’t have happened. If you take the captaincy away after a string of defeats – series after series – then it’s understandable. If Virat has decided to step down, it means he has given you a solid reply. Either its Ganguly or someone else, they won’t be able to take it,” added Latif.

“You bring whoever you want, there is no bigger player in this world than Virat. The day he scores runs, it will come as the perfect reply to them. It is not about performance. The whole matter is about ego. This is a titanic, and there is only one Titanic and that is Kohli.”