Indian ODI Captain: After the tragic defeat in the final of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, it seems that Rohit Sharma has played his last ODI as captain. Actually, Rohit has been a very brilliant captain but he has failed to make Team India win the ICC trophy for the third consecutive time. After the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 and ICC Test Championship 2021-23, under his captaincy, Team India has failed to win the World Cup 2023 trophy.
The next World Cup will be played in 2027 and by then Rohit Sharma will be 40 years old, so now the selection committee can go for a new captain in his place. Today in this article we will know about 3 such players, who can become ODI captain in place of Rohit.
1) Hardik Pandya
If we look at the last two years of Indian cricket, it seems that Hardik Pandya will be the next captain of Team India in limited overs cricket. But his frequent injuries have been a big problem. Even during the ODI World Cup 2023, he was out due to injury. India had to suffer the consequences of this in the final. If Hardik pays attention to his fitness then he can become the full time captain of India.
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2) KL Rahul
KL Rahul has established himself in Team India as a wicketkeeper in the ODI format. He played brilliantly in the entire tournament including the final of the World Cup 2023. In such a situation, he can be seen as the future captain. Let us tell you that Rahul has captained Punjab Kings and Lucknow Supergiants in IPL, whose experience can be useful to him.
3) Virat Kohli can replace Indian ODI Captain Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli did not want to leave the captaincy of ODI format but BCCI forced him to leave the captaincy. Kohli has been a player who knows how to get the best performance from his team players. In such a situation, BCCI can again decide to give captaincy to Virat Kohli. Due to which young players like Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill can become future captains by learning captaincy qualities from Kohli.
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