The Kohli era has formally begun.
Virat Kohli has taken over from Mahendra Singh Dhoni as India's limited-overs captain, becoming his country's skipper in all three formats of the game, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said on Friday.
Kohli's first assignment as captain of the limited-overs squads will be three one-dayers and three Twenty20 Internationals against England beginning on Jan. 15.
Dhoni has been named as wicketkeeper in both the one-day and Twenty20 squads.
Kohli, 28, assumed the test captaincy following Dhoni's retirement from the longest format of the game in late 2014.
India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadav, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jaspreet Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav.
India T20 squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Manish Pandey, Jaspreet Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra.
Earlier, Virat Kohli, who is all set to take over as the Indian captain across all formats paid glowing tributes to his predecessior Mahendra Singh Dhoni for being an inspirational leader and terming him "captain forever".
Kohli took to twitter to express his feelings about the captain under whom he has played all along in the limited overs format since making his debut back in 2008.
"Thanks for always being the leader a youngster wants to have around him. You'll always be my captain @msdhoni Bhai," Kohli tweeted.
Cricketers across the globe including the likes of Michael Clarke, Michael Vaughan, Shahid Afridi and Zaheer Abbas have all spoken highly about the impact that Dhoni had on Indian cricket during his tenure as captain over the better part of this decade. Chairman of selectors MSK Prasad and A team coach Rahul Dravid has also termed the timing as perfect with Kohli getting two and half years going into the 2019 World Cup in England.
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