Thus, BCCI is forced to develop the next captain from now on. BCCI has been doing this work since last year. Yes, KL Rahul was appointed as the vice-captain and in Rohit’s absence, he was appointed as the captain. In this case, KL Rahul was often suffering from injuries, so the BCCI dropped him.
Who will be the next captain?
Following this, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya and Bumrah were said to be in the race for the captaincy. Hardik Pandya is at the top of this race. The reason is that in the 15th season of the IPL, he led the Gujarat Titans team tremendously and won the trophy. Thus he was appointed vice-captain in the South Africa series and captain in the Ireland series.
He is doing well in all aspects like giving advice to the bowlers while on the field, great fielding and good batting.
BCCI decision?
However, in the BCCI meeting held last night, during the discussion on who will be the next captain, many have suggested Hardik Pandya. Thus, if Rohit Sharma suffers from injury or withdraws, it is expected that Hardik Pandya will be the captain.
Apart from that, it has been reported that Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain of the team for the Asia Cup starting on August 27 and the T20 World Cup series starting in Australia at the end of October.
Fans are relieved:
With KL Rahul suffering from an injury, the issue of vice-captain and next captain has been lingering for a long time.
Hardik Pandya has a total of 1386 runs and 63 wickets in 66 ODIs. He has 806 runs and 50 wickets in 66 T20 matches. It is also noted that he has scored 532 runs and 17 wickets in 11 Test matches and is the best all-rounder.