The Indian team defeated South Africa in the T20 World Cup. In this way, the Indian team became the T20 World Cup champion for the second time. At the same time, after this victory, Team India captain Rohit Sharma decided to say goodbye to International T20. Anyway, now the question is who will be made the captain of T20 in place of Rohit Sharma? There are many contenders in this race like Suryakumar Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, but Hardik Pandya’s claim seems to be the strongest. Here are the reason behind why Hardik Pandya is the stronges contender?
Hardik Pandya’s excellent form
Hardik Pandya presented a great game in the T20 World Cup. In 8 matches of this tournament, he scored 144 runs at an average of 48, in which he crossed the fifty-run mark once. Apart from batting, Pandya was also superhit in bowling. He took 11 wickets at an average of 17.36. He took 3 wickets for 23 runs in the semi-final against England and 3 wickets for 20 runs in the final.
Hardik Pandya has captaincy experience
Hardik Pandya captains Mumbai Indians in IPL. Earlier, Gujarat Titans reached the finals 2 times in a row under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. In this way, Hardik Pandya has a lot of experience of captaincy. Therefore, Hardik Pandya can get priority.
Jay Shah will be with him
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 that Hardik Pandya played brilliantly in the World Cup, the selectors will decide on the captaincy, Hardik Pandya has proven himself and we have faith in his abilities.