BCCI Secretary Jay Shah confirmed earlier this yr that Rohit would lead India within the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has expressed his help for Hardik Pandya to probably take over the white-ball captaincy from Rohit Sharma sooner or later. Sidhu believes that Hardik is the way forward for the Indian staff and commends the BCCI for his or her forward-thinking strategy in appointing him because the vice-captain of the white-ball aspect.
In an unique interview with India Today, Sidhu additionally endorsed Jasprit Bumrah as a possible candidate to guide the Test aspect as soon as Rohit Sharma’s captaincy tenure concludes. Sidhu emphasised the significance of planning for the long run and permitting younger gamers like Hardik and Bumrah to develop beneath the mentorship of skilled leaders corresponding to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
“Hardik Pandya is the future. Rohit is now around 36-37. He has a couple more years left. He is a superb captain and a wonderful player. If you ask me, he is poetry in motion. Whenever I see him, it looks like time stops. But, you have to actually look forward and prepare the ground for someone to take over,” Navjot Singh Sidhu, mentioned in an Interaction facilitated by Star Sports, the official TV broadcaster of the IPL.
“I am not advocating Hardik Pandya for Test match captaincy. But, he is your vice-captain. He has captained India in T20Is for close to a year when Rohit was not there. Hardik is your natural choice. That’s why BCCI has named him the team’s vice-captain. There’s a lot of planning, lot of consideration that goes in before BCCI takes a call,” he added.
“Hardik is a natural choice for white-ball captaincy.”
Hardik Pandya assumed the position of captain for India in 16 T20Is between 2022 and 2023, taking over the duty within the absence of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the course of the ODI World Cup yr in 2023. Speculation had been circulating that Hardik would proceed to guide India within the T20 World Cup 2024, however the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) finally reinstated Rohit Sharma as captain for a 3-match T20I collection in opposition to Afghanistan. BCCI Secretary Jay Shah confirmed earlier this yr that Rohit would lead India within the upcoming T20 World Cup.
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