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I would have asked Virat Kohli to captain when Rohit Sharma got injured in England: Ravi Shastri

Virat Kohli has been standing in as Royal Challenges Bangalore's captain in this IPL season whenever the team's regular skipper Faf du Plessis is unavailable or is used as an impact player. Should that have happened for the fifth Test of India's tour of England, when Jasprit Bumrah replaced the injured Rohit Sharma as captain? Former India coach Ravi Shastri says he would have recommended that.

Speaking to ESPNCricinfo, Shastri spoke at length about Kohli, talking about his state when he was not getting the big scores and now.

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