Virat Kohli is likely to surpass former India captain Rohit Sharma

The Rohit Sharma-led Team India will host South Africa for a three-match T20I series as part of their ongoing practise matches for the 2017 ICC World T20. India, under captain Virat Kohli, defeated Australia 2-1 in their last white-ball encounter to go to the three-match series. The 2021 World Cup champions were defeated by India in the series finale on Sunday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium thanks in large part to the heroic performance of former Indian captain Kohli.

The T20 World Cup 2022 is Kohli's golden period, thus he would be raring to lead the batting assault for the Rohit-led team in the South Africa series. In the shortest format of the match, Rohit, Kohli's teammate, and Indian captain scored the most runs for India against the Proteas. The experienced Indian opener has played 13 times against South Africa and scored 362 runs.