3 Players Can Replace Rohit As Next ODI Captain: Captain Rohit Sharma has led Team India brilliantly over the past couple of years. The Asian giants have arguably been the best team in bilateral series across formats in this period. However, India lost knockouts in three ICC tournaments.
India lost the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 against England in Adelaide. This year, India suffered defeats in the World Test Championship (WTC) final to Australia at The Oval and the World Cup 2023 final to Pat Cummins’ side again in Ahmedabad. Among the major wins under Rohit, India won the home Border-Gavaskar Trophy series and the Asia Cup 2023.
As per the 3 Players Can Replace Rohit As Next ODI Captain, With Rohit Sharma being 36 years old, it’s likely that the selectors and the BCCI will look past him and name a new skipper for white-ball cricket soon.
Here are 3 Players Can Replace Rohit As Next ODI Captain
Hardik Pandya
All-rounder Hardik Pandya seems to be the frontrunner to take over the captaincy duties from Rohit Sharma in white-ball cricket. Pandya was picked as Rohit’s deputy last year after leading the Gujarat Titans to the IPL 2022 title.
Since last year, whenever Rohit Sharma was injured or rested, Hardik has captained India in 16 T20Is and 3 ODIs, winning 12 of them. Hardik has led the Gujarat Titans to two consecutive IPL finals, winning one and losing one. The only concern with Hardik as a skipper is his fitness issue, something which in the immediate has ruled him out of the 5-T20I series against Australia. Nonetheless, Hardik is touted to lead India in next year’s T20 World Cup in the West Indies.
KL Rahul
Before Hardik, it was KL Rahul who was the vice captain of the Indian team across formats but lost his leadership position due to a loss in form. Now that he has cemented himself in the ODI side, KL Rahul is back in the fray to be the next ODI skipper.
As per the 3 Players Can Replace Rohit As Next ODI Captain, KL Rahul has captained India in 3 Tests, 9 ODIs, and 1 T20I so far. He’s been captaining as a regular in the IPL for the past four seasons. In the last two IPL seasons, Rahul helped the Lucknow Super Giants reach the playoffs but couldn’t reach the finals.
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Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer has been named the vice captain for the last two T20Is against Australia in the upcoming series. As per the 3 Players Can Replace Rohit As Next ODI Captain, Although Suryakumar Yadav is the skipper for this T20I series, he’s unlikely to be retained in the ODI side after his disappointing performances in the 2023 World Cup.
This call means that Shreyas Iyer, who was terrific at number 4 in the World Cup, has not only fixed his position on the ODI side but also pushed himself into the leadership group in the minds of the selectors.
As per the 3 Players Can Replace Rohit As Next ODI Captain, Iyer has led the Delhi Capitals to the IPL 2020 final and is the KKR captain now. The 28-year-old Shreyas Iyer could even be seen as a strong captaincy candidate for the 2027 World Cup.
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