Captaincy is one of Indian cricket’s most debatable topics right now. For the first time in the history of Indian Cricket, two different Indian teams are being led by two different captains.
While it’s almost clear that Hardik Pandya will be captaining India in the shortest format of the game, with Rohit Sharma being the Test captain till the end of the current WTC cycle and ODI captain till CWC 2023, the question is: Who will be Team India’s ODI and Test Captain after Rohit Sharma?
A recent report claims that the BCCI is considering Hardik Pandya as India’s next ODI captain too. Talking on this matter, Kapil Dev stated that if Hardik is the BCCI’s long-term option, he needs to be backed to the hilt despite the all-rounder’s errors.
“I think one shouldn’t look at the world. You look at your team and your way of thinking. If Hardik Pandya is there, they should not say if you lose one series, we will remove you. If you make someone a captain, you have to give him a fairly long rope to make sure he will start performing. He will make mistakes but they key is that you don’t see the error but focus on whether he is ready for taking the team and look for the future. You don’t go series-by-series,” Kapil told Gulf News.
Around this time last year, captaincy in Indian cricket was like the game of musical chairs with as many as seven cricketers assigned the role at some point. For the longest time, Rahul appeared to be taking over the mantle from Rohit, but his dodgy form has handed the advantage to Hardik.
