Sacking Virat Kohli as ODI captain despite his impressive record has baffled India’s 1983 World Cupper S Madan Lal. Kohli was on Wednesday, was replaced by Rohit Sharma as ODI captain. Kohli, who had stepped down as T20 captain after the World Cup in the UAE, had expressed the desire to lead the ODI and Test outfit. He still remains the Test captain, but wasn’t preferred to stay at the helm in the 50-over format.

“I don’t know what the selectors have thought about this, but if he [Kohli] is producing the right results then why [change him]? I can understand T20s [he stepped down as captain] because there is so much of cricket and he can concentrate on two other formats. But if you are successful and you are removed, it will of course pinch him,” Madan Lal told mid-day on Thursday. “I was thinking Kohli would have stayed [as captain] till the 2023 World Cup. It is very difficult to build a team, but easier to destroy,” he added.