Who will be India’s next T20 captain: Pandya’s claim is the strongest; Pant, Surya and Bumrah are also in the race

Jun 30, 2024 Divya Bharat

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On 29 June, India won the T20 World Cup for the second time… As soon as India became the champion, 3 veterans of the team said goodbye to T20 International, including Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja along with captain Rohit Sharma.

Now which captain will win us the next T20 World Cup… will it be Suryakumar Yadav who takes the final changing catch. Will it be Hardik Pandya who sends Klaasen and Miller, who are proving to be dangerous, to the pavilion, Player of the Tournament Jasprit Bumrah or will it be the miracle man Rishabh Pant who defeats death and becomes the world champion.

Who will captain Team India in the T20 World Cup to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka in 2026. We will try to find the answer to this question in this story…

1. Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya is leading the race to become the captain. He has experience of 100 matches in T20 International, which no other contender has. Pandya has captained India in 16 T20 International matches, out of which the team won 10 matches.

Claim in 2 points

Made Gujarat the IPL champion in the first season With his leadership skills, Hardik made Gujarat Titans the champion of IPL 2022 in his very first season. He proved himself in 2023 as well and led the team to its second consecutive final, although the team finished runner-up.
Led India to victory in 90% of bilateral series Pandya has captained the Indian team in 5 bilateral series. Out of these, the Indian team has won 4. The team had to face defeat in only one series.

2 weak points

Mumbai Indians made Hardik the new captain. The franchise traded him from Gujarat for Rs 15 crore, but he could not handle the leadership and the team finished at the bottom of the IPL points table.
Pandya has scored 1492 runs in T20 Internationals so far, but his performance under captaincy remains weak. He has been able to score only 296 runs under his captaincy.

2. Rishabh Pant
The tremendous passion for winning makes Pant a contender in the race of Indian captains. 18 months ago, he was in the hospital and was fighting between life and death, he had a car accident. At that time, no one had thought that Pant would be a part of India’s T20 World Cup winning team.

This 26-year-old youth returned to international cricket in just one and a half years on the basis of his hard work. He played an innings of 42 runs against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup and took India to a score of 119. Rishabh has played 74 matches in T20 International and scored 1158 runs. He captained India in 5 matches and won two. One was inconclusive.

Claim in 2 points

Experience of captaincy in IPL, had led Delhi to the finals Pant has good experience of captaincy in IPL matches. He became the captain of Delhi Capitals after Shreyas got injured in 2021 and led the team to the finals
Runs the game from behind the wicket, has Dhoni-like skills Pant keeps running the game from behind the wicket. He has qualities like Dhoni. Due to his young age, the board can make Pant the captain because the sentiments of the fans are with him.

Weak Points

Pant has been accused of carelessness. He often gets out during the game by playing irresponsible short balls.
Before the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, he was made the captain of the Indian team for the Asia Cup but due to some reasons, he was removed from the captaincy.

3. Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav is staking a claim to become the captain of Team India with his strong performance. He has scored 2340 runs in 68 matches at a strike rate of 167.74. He has scored a century under his captaincy. India has won 5 out of 7 matches under Surya’s captaincy. Surya has scored 300 runs at a strike rate of 164.83 under his captaincy.

Claim in 2 points

The advantage of being a Mumbaikar, 4 captains from here Surya can get the advantage of being a Mumbaikar. Indian captain Rohit Sharma is also from Mumbai. 4 players from Mumbai have captained the Indian team.
Captaincy in 3 series, did not lose even one Suryakumar Yadav is winning the trust of the board. The Indian Board has given him 3 assignments as captain and he has not failed in any of them. His own record in captaincy is also good.

Weak Points

Suryakumar does not have as much captaincy experience as Pandya and Pant have. He has captained in 7 T20 Internationals and one IPL match. In this case, he may be defeated.
Suryakumar’s age factor is not in his favour. He is 33 years old, so the board would like to make such a player the captain who can lead the team for a few years.

4. Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah is the trump card in the Indian team. He has taken 89 wickets in 70 matches. He has many records to his name, but he has captained the Indian team in only 2 matches and won both the matches. Bumrah has been able to take only 4 wickets in the 2 matches played under his captaincy.

Claim in 2 points

advantage of seniority After the retirement of Rohit, Kohli and Jadeja, Bumrah is the most senior. Therefore, the board can consider Bumrah’s name.
There is a 100% success rate Bumrah has been made the captain of the Indian team twice and both the times he has led Team India to victory, which is strengthening Bumrah’s claim.

Weak Points

Bumrah gets injured on many important occasions. In such a situation, fitness can become an obstacle in his path to becoming a captain.
Till now no bowler has become the regular captain of the Indian T20 team. Mostly batsmen have been given the captaincy.

Now let’s talk about other formats…

Rohit can captain till WTC 2023-25
In the coming one or two years, the Indian board will also have to look for a Test and ODI captain for the team, because after retiring from the T20 format, Rohit has captained the Indian team till the final of the WTC 2023-25 season. His captaincy in the 2027 T20 World Cup is doubtful, because he will be 40 years old then.

For now, Rohit will be seen leading the Indian team in the Champions Trophy next year. It is quite possible that this could be the last ICC tournament for 37-year-old Rohit Sharma as an Indian captain and player.

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