Rohit Sharma lands in Perth to replace Jasprit Bumrah as India’s captain in the remaining four Tests against Australia

Amidst India’s dominance over Australia, captain Rohit Sharma landed in Perth to get involved in the ongoing Test series. Rohit, who missed the opener due to the birth of his second child with wife Ritika Sajdeh, took a 12-hour flight from Mumbai to Perth and landed in the city, where Team India went on to knock Australia out of the match. The pictures of Rohit landing and getting into an AUDI to get to the hotel are all over the internet and fans took no time to welcome back their captain, The Hitman.

With Rohit now on Australian shores, the immediate plan is for the management to make the captain match-ready. Unlike his teammates, Rohit has had no training whatsoever in Australia, putting the skipper in a race against time for the second Test in Adelaide starting on December 6. Before then, however, India will play a two-day warm-up match against the Prime Minister’s XI, which will require Rohit’s presence as it is the only practice of any kind that the players will get during the long gap between the 1st and 2nd Tests.

Rohit Sharma takes over the captaincy duties back from Jasprit Bumrah

Now that Rohit has arrived, it is a given that he will take over the captaincy duties from Jasprit Bumrah, who has been nothing short of spectacular in his leadership so far, evidenced by the fact that India have taken a nearly 400-run lead over Australia – with an eye on much more – to put the hosts under pressure in Perth.

The latest is that Rohit will go to the ground to meet the players and rightly so. In his absence, the players have battled brilliantly against the Aussies to mount a comeback like no other. From being bowled out for 150 in the first innings to increasing the lead to 400 runs and counting is the culmination of some breathtaking efforts, first led by Bumrah with a five-wicket haul, and then from Yashasvi Jaiswal, who in his first Test Down Under, played an excellent knock of 161.