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Rohit Sharma was the captain of Team India in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and Hardik Pandya was the vice-captain. After winning the T20 World Cup title, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20 International, but till now the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not announced the name of the new T20 captain. The Indian cricket team went on a tour of Zimbabwe for a five-match T20 International series after the T20 World Cup, but then almost all the senior players got a break and in such a situation Shubman Gill took over the command of Team India. The Indian cricket team now has to tour Sri Lanka next month for a three-match T20 and ODI International series. The Indian squad for the Sri Lanka tour has not been announced yet. It was believed that Hardik Pandya would be declared the new T20 captain of Team India after Rohit Sharma, but now there is a twist in this matter.
According to the news of Indian Express, all the members of the Senior Men’s Selection Committee and everyone from BCCI are not unanimous on this matter. Different opinions are coming out regarding making Hardik the new T20 captain. The biggest reason for this is Hardik’s fitness, due to which he has had to stay away from cricket for a long time. Hardik’s role was very important in making Team India the T20 World Champion, but his repeated injuries and being out of the team is going against him.
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A top BCCI official told the Indian Express, ‘This is a very delicate matter, there is some debate going on about both the things, so everyone is not unanimous about making Hardik Pandya the captain. Hardik’s fitness is an issue, but he played an important role in ending the drought of ICC trophy. Apart from this, we have also received some feedback about Suryakumar Yadav that his captaincy has been taken in the right way in the dressing room.’
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Apart from this, if media reports are to be believed, the vote of the new head coach Gautam Gambhir also matters a lot on whether Hardik Pandya will get the T20 captaincy or not. It is believed that Gambhir may be asked to take the final decision in this matter, here let us tell you that Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav have played together during the captaincy of Kolkata Knight Riders.
