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All credit to Kohli for India's Test success, says captain Rohit Sharma

Rohit will start his Test captaincy journey when he steps out to lead India against Sri Lanka in the opening game here starting Friday

'One hell of a ride': Rohit Sharma on Virat Kohli playing 100 Tests

India Test skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday labelled Virat Kohli's journey in the longest format as "one hell of a ride".As India take on Sri Lanka in the first Test of the two-match series, batter Virat Kohli will achieve the milestone of playing 100 matches in the longest format.Kohli was slated to play his 100th Test during the South Africa series earlier this year, but as fate has it, he will reach the milestone in India itself with a 50 per cent crowd in attendance at the PCA Stadium, Mohali."It has been a long journey for him and it has been a wonderful one. He has done exceedingly well in this format, he has changed so many things in the way the team is moving forward. It has been one hell of a ride for him and it will continue to be in the coming years," said Rohit during a virtual press conference."We definitely want to make it special for him, let's hope we have good five days of cricket. As a team, the series we won in Australia in 2018, was a very good series for our side .

IND vs SL 3rd T20I Live: Shreyas Iyer guides India to another clean-sweep

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I Highlights: Once again a brilliant showing from Shreyas Iyer with the bat as he made 73* to take India home to a 3-0 clean-sweep.

IND vs SL Prediction 3rd T20I: Toss, India & Sri Lanka Playing 11 at HPCA

The toss in today's game, which would be the third T20I of the series between India and Sri Lanka, would take place at 06:30 pm IST while the match start time is 07:00 pm IST.

IND vs SL 3rd T20I Preview: India eye historic 12th consecutive T20I win

India vs Sri Lanka Preview: India would aim to get its 12th consecutive T20I win and win the fourth series with a clean sweep under Rohit Sharma's captaincy. Dasun Shanka's men will play for pride

IND vs SL Prediction 2nd T20I: Toss, India & Sri Lanka Playing 11 at HPCA

Get India vs Sri Lanka Playing 11, toss and venue details here along with the possibility of changes in both teams for the 2nd T20I of the three-match series

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live: Nissanka's knock in vain as Iyer wins it for India

India won the 2nd T20I vs Sri Lanka to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series courtesy of a brilliant showing from Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja and Sanju Samson. Catch the Highlights

Virat Kohli's 100th Test against Sri Lanka to be played behind closed doors

India will play the first of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in Mohali.

MCA to felicitate Rohit Sharma for becoming all-format India skipper

After the T20I and ODI captaincy, Rohit, a Mumbaikar, was appointed Test captain by the Chetan Sharma-led selection panel ahead of the series against Sri Lanka

IND vs SL 1st T20I Preview: Rohit Sharma's flawless run as captain on test

India vs Sri Lanka Preview: For Rohit Sharma and his team though, the challenge would be to continue their flawless run in the white-ball format and build up to the T20 World Cup 2022.

IND vs SL 1st T20I: Playing 11, head to head & players to watch out for

IND vs SL Today's Match Playing 11 and Dream 11 changes- The Playing 11 in today's match could look very different and the dream 11 predictions could be altered accordingly as well because of injuries

Rohit, Dravid taking Team India in fabulous direction: Dinesh Karthik

India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has said that new skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid are taking the Men in Blue in a fabulous direction.

Rahul, Pant and Bumrah are looked upon as leaders in the group: Rohit

They do understand there is a responsibility on their shoulders, but we do not want any pressure on them as they are critical for us, said Rohit Sharma on KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant

Vice-captaincy will make Bumrah more confident on-field, feels Rohit Sharma

India captain Rohit Sharma feels that the vice-captaincy duties will make pacer Jasprit Bumrah more confident of the things he wants to do on the field

No set formula but we're clear about World Cup team combination: Dravid

The T20I series against West Indies was India's first in a packed calendar in the build-up to the World Cup and they next take on Sri Lanka

IND vs WI 3rd T20I Live: Suryakumar shines as India complete 3rd whitewash

IND vs WI Live: With the 3-0 clean sweep, India overtake England and become the number one team in the ICC T20I rankings

Rohit Sharma is number 1 cricketer of India, says Team India chief selector

After naming Rohit Sharma as Test captain for upcoming series against Sri Lanka, Chetan Sharma, Chairman of All-India Senior-Selection Committee said that Rohit Sharma is the no. 1 cricketer in India.

Rohit officially named Test captain, Rahane, Pujara dropped from SL series

White-ball skipper Rohit Sharma was on Saturday officially named captain of the Indian Test team for the upcoming two-match series against Sri Lanka, starting March 4.

IND vs WI 3rd T20I Preview: Rohit Sharma eyes third consecutive clean sweep

Earlier Rohit led India to 3-0 series wins over New Zealand in T20Is and West Indies in ODIs to begin his full-time captaincy career for India

IND vs WI 2nd T20I Live: Powell's efforts in vain as India clinch series

The match got tensed after a brilliant 115 run stand between Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell, with both players hitting fifties & bringing the target down to just 37 runs from the last three overs