2024-07-03 13:51:18
On 29 June, India won the T20 World Cup for the second time by defeating South Africa in the final. Within 24 hours of becoming the champion, three veterans of the team retired. Rahul Dravid has also ended his tenure as coach. Now along with the coach, a new captain will also have to be chosen. Although there are many contenders like Suryakumar Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Rishabh Pant in this race, but Hardik Pandya’s claim seems to be the strongest. In such a situation, let us tell you why Hardik Pandya seems certain to be chosen as the next captain of the Indian T20 team?
Captaincy experience
Hardik Pandya has a lot of experience in captaincy, he has taken charge of the Indian team during Rohit Sharma’s tenure. He has led the team in many small and big series, apart from this, in his first captaincy tenure in IPL, he made Gujarat Titans the champion. He took them to the finals for the second time and in 2024 led a big team like Mumbai Indians.
Superb recent form
Hardik Pandya played a total of eight matches in this T20 World Cup, scoring 144 runs at an average of 48, which included a half-century. Apart from batting, Pandya was also a hit in bowling, he took 11 wickets at an average of 17.36. 20/3 was his best performance. 23 runs against England in the semi-final and three wickets for 20 runs in the final were enough to make India the champion.
Support of Jai Shah
Recently, after Team India became the world champion, when BCCI secretary Jay Shah was asked about Hardik Pandya’s future as a potential captain, he said, “Hardik played brilliantly in the World Cup. The selectors will decide on captaincy. Hardik has proved himself and we have faith in his abilities.” The hint is enough for the wise.