Team India New Captain: Who will be the next captain of Team India? Who will be a better captain in place of Rohit Sharma. If responsibility will be given, then who will be given it? These questions are because Rohit Sharma has retired after making the team champion in the T20 World Cup 2024. After his departure, Team India is looking for a new captain in this format. There are not one or two but three strong contenders for this. Which includes the names of Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav. It is being claimed in many media reports that a captain is to be selected from these three for the T20 format. In such a situation, it is important to know why the names of all these three players came up.
After winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title, Team India will leave for Zimbabwe in a few days, for which the team has been announced. Shubman Gill is the captain. After this, India has to tour Sri Lanka. A new captain can be announced on this tour. In such a situation, let us know who has the upper hand.
hardik pandya
After Rohit Sharma, if any player’s name is at the forefront for captaincy, then it is Hardik Pandya. This all-rounder has experience of 100 matches in T20 International, which no other contender has. He has captained the Men in Blue in 16 T20 matches so far, out of which he has won 10.
Why is Pandya’s claim strong?
Actually, Hardik is a great T20 player, who does wonders with both ball and bat. This player made Gujarat Titans champions in the very first season of IPL 2022 with his leadership skills. Then in 2023, he took them to the finals for the second consecutive time. Pandya has led India to victory in 90% of bilateral series. He captained 5 bilateral series out of which the Indian team has won 4.
Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant is considered the second strongest contender to replace Rohit Sharma. After the road accident, Pant made a comeback through IPL 2024, then showed amazing performance in the group stage of T20 World Cup 2024. Pant is still young at 26 years, he has a lot of cricket left in him. He has played 74 matches in T20 International for India, in which he has scored 1158 runs. Pant captained India in 5 matches and won 2 matches. One match did not result.
Why is Rishabh Pant’s claim strong?
Many legends have said about Rishabh Pant that he has every quality of captaincy. He captains Delhi Capitals in IPL. He has good experience of captaincy in many IPL matches. He has been the captain of Delhi since 2021. Pant has the art of reading and running the game from behind the wicket. Many experts believe that Pant has qualities like Dhoni.
Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav can be made the captain in place of Rohit Sharma. This player has staked his claim to become the captain of Team India with his strong performance. Surya has a long experience of T20. He has scored 2340 runs in 68 matches for the country at a strike rate of 167.74, which also includes a century. Surya has led India to victory in 5 out of 7 matches while captaining. The special thing is that Surya has scored 300 runs at a strike rate of 164.83 during his captaincy.
Why is Surya’s claim strong?
Surya’s claim to become the new captain of Team India is strong because he has the mind set of T20 game. He has been a flop in Tests and ODIs, but became the number one batsman in T20. He can also get the advantage of being a Mumbaikar, because Indian captain Rohit Sharma is also from Mumbai. 4 players from Mumbai have captained Team India. Surya captained India in 3 series, out of which he did not lose even one.
