With India beginning the next T20 World Cup cycle with a five-match series in Zimbabwe, which doesn’t include most senior players, here is a look at some captaincy options for the Men in Blue in 20-over cricket.
Indeed as Indian cricket and its fans over the globe douse in the radiance of the T20 World Cup 2024 title triumph, the authority of the national side in the most brief arrange of the amusement is up for gets after captain Rohit Sharma declared his T20I retirement on Saturday.
Rohit driven India to its moment ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title and called time on his T20I career after driving the side in 62 matches in the 20-over organize. Right after India beat South Africa in the last in Barbados, previous India captain Virat Kohli had too reported his retirement in T20Is. With the two batting monsters no longer in the conspire of things in the organize, Indian cricket, at slightest in T20Is, is set to usher in a modern era.
A alter in administration appeared inescapable after, beneath Rohit’s captaincy, India slammed out of the 2022 T20 World Cup taking after a 10-wicket overcome to Britain in the elimination round in November. Rohit Sharma didn’t include in a single T20I taking after that overcome with Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav expecting the administration for India’s T20I assignments.
However, Rohit returned to the crease in January this year for a three-match arrangement against Afghanistan, which was India’s final task ahead of the as of late concluded T20 World Cup.
With India starting the another T20 World Container cycle with a five-match arrangement in Zimbabwe, which doesn’t incorporate most senior players, here is a see at a few captaincy alternatives for the Men in Blue in 20-over cricket.
HARDIK PANDYA
The all-rounder is the front-runner to expect the administration mantle in T20Is. He was named the vice-captain for India’s T20 World Glass 2024 campaign and played a key part with both bat and ball in the title triumph.
Hardik Pandya moreover comes with administration encounter in the arrange, having driven Gujarat Titans to the title in the Indian Head Alliance (IPL) 2022 and taking the establishment to the last in the taking after season. He is as of now the captain of Mumbai Indians. He moreover driven India in 16 T20Is between 2022-23.
After India’s exit from the 2022 T20 World Glass, Hardik was named captain for a three-match arrangement in Unused Zealand, which the Men in Blue won 1-0. He taken after it up with a 3-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka and a 2-1 win over the Kiwis at domestic. His final T20I arrangement as captain finished in a 2-3 absent arrangement overcome to West Indies final year in August.
Though Hardik has demonstrated his captaincy qualifications, adjusting administration obligations with his significant part as the seam-bowling all-rounder can be challenging. Hardik’s harm concerns have kept him out of activity for a critical period of time and moreover regularly avoided him from completing his full share of overs.
With Hardik moreover being a key part of the ODI side, it remains to be seen how the all-rounder equalizations the two formats.
SURYAKUMAR YADAV
Suryakumar Yadav is one of the driving T20 hitters in the world and has been persuasive in India’s forceful approach with the bat in the organize. He driven India in a five-match T20I arrangement at domestic against Australia after the ODI World Glass final year and at that point captained the side in the T20Is in South Africa in December.
In his final coordinate as captain, Suryakumar crushed a 56-ball century in India’s enormous 106-run win against South Africa.
With the swashbuckling player not however a changeless installation of the Test and ODI groups, Suryakumar will have the extravagance of devoting his center to the most limited organize of the game.
JASPRIT BUMRAH
India’s all-format pace pro is seemingly the best in the commerce right now and the planner of the national side’s victory of late. In spite of the fact that he has restricted captaincy encounter, Jasprit Bumrah is known for his sharp intuition and game-awareness and has moreover been the vice-captain of the side. He driven India in two T20Is final year against Ireland on his comeback path from harm. Be that as it may, given how crucial his bowling is to India’s prospects in all three designs and his later spate of wounds, the group administration may not need to burden him with an extra responsibility.
RISHABH PANT
Pant made a surprising comeback to competitive cricket after enduring a awful car crash in December 2022. He driven Delhi Capitals honorably in IPL 2024, moreover finishing up as the team’s most elevated run-getter in the competition. He has too captained India in the past, back in 2022 for a five-match arrangement against South Africa at domestic, which finished in a 2-2 draw. Be that as it may, Rishabh Pant is however to cement his put in India’s T20I playing eleven, and considering how the group has tended to explore with the wicketkeeper’s opening in the most limited organize, the administration seem see at a more viable captaincy option.
SHUBMAN GILL
After taking over the reins of Gujarat Titans from Hardik, Gill will lead India in the up and coming five-match T20I arrangement in Zimbabwe. In spite of the fact that he didn’t figure in the T20 World Glass 2024 squad, Shubman Gill is likely to ended up a customary in the top-order in T20Is after the retirements of Rohit and Kohli.
Though he has no captaincy involvement at the universal level however, the 24-year-old is a key part of the ODI and Test sides and will be one of the candidates the administration will have its eye on as distant as prepping a pioneer for the future is concerned. Know More Latest T20 World Cup News…
