India, Oct. 4 -- Not even Rohit Sharma will profess to the greatest surprise at being supplanted as India's One-Day International captain, but when the official call was made on Saturday with a finality that will soon extend beyond just the loss of the captaincy, it still wasn't easy to come to grips with.

A players' captain if ever there was one, Rohit has a higher win percentage than anyone else who has led India in more than ten ODIs. Under him, India boast a 42-12 win-loss record in 56 outings. They ran the near-perfect campaign in the home World Cup in 2023 before succumbing to Australia in the final, while in his last assignment, Rohit muscled all-win India to the Champions Trophy crown in Dubai in March while grabbing the Player o...