Former England pacer and commentator Steve Harmison believes that the BCCI made the right decision at the right time to hand over the limited-overs captaincy to Rohit Sharma, saying it is important that Virat Kohli remains the Test captain to drive format forward.

Recently, the BCCI removed Kohli as ODI captain and appointed Rohit as India’s new captain in both ODI and T20I teams, and Harmison feels the Test skipper should enjoy being one of the lieutenants of the side.

Harmison told Brad Hogg in a video on his YouTube channel, “I think Virat's at a point now where he probably just wants to play. I think it's so important that for international Test match cricket that he keeps his captaincy because I think he drives Test match cricket in the right way.”

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He added, “It's very important to him; he speaks about it passionately and he cares about it. And in the world of T20 and all these franchise leagues around the world, I think having a leader of a powerful nation like India wanting and driving Test cricket forward is a great thing for international cricket.”

Speaking on Kohli’s ouster as India’s ODI captain, the former pacer said: “From a one-dayer point of view, it's an embarrassment of rich. This team that India have got now in one-day cricket is nearly if not as good as England's pool of one-day players are to play that side so that format of the game.”

He concluded, “I just think is it the right time for him to pass the baton on to Rohit and say look, "it's your team now, 50 overs and 20 overs. You set the benchmark. You go out front and lead and I'll just drop back into being one of the lieutenants and play Test match cricket as a leader"? I think it's the right time.”