Azharuddin took to social media platform Koo to congratulate Rohit on being named captain of the limited-overs team.
The BCCI on Wednesday named Rohit Sharma as India's full-time captain for ODIs and T20Is, with the cricketer replacing Virat Kohli as ODI captain from the tour of South Africa.
Rohit Sharma will also continue being the T20 skipper after being appointed as captain of the T20 team last month, ahead of the home series against New Zealand.
The Mumbai Indians skipper will lead the Men in Blue in ODIs, T20s and will also serve as vice-captain in Test cricket.
Rahul Dravid believes that while the result of the second Test may seem one-sided, India were tested throughout the series.
Virat Kohli achieved a unique distinction, having led Team India to their 14th consecutive Test series win at home.
India needed just about 45 minutes on Day 4 to wrap up the second Test against New Zealand by picking up the five remaining wickets, pulling off a triumph by a humongous margin of ...
Laxman predicted that a three-figure score would come Virat Kohli's way soon, and that once it did, Kohli would be back to scoring big runs.
Chasing a mammoth target of 540, New Zealand were reduced to 140/5 at stumps on Day 3 after India declared their innings on 276/6 at Wankhede.
Mayank Agarwal scored 67 runs before being dismissed by Ajaz Patel, while Cheteshwar Pujara became the left-arm spinner's 12th wicket of the match.