KL Rahul: The Indian team is currently going through a phase of change as the senior players will no longer be able to play with the team for many years to come. In this episode, Team India's legendary batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have announced their retirement from the T20 format.

Now replacements for senior players are being sought and in such a situation, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has selected a new vice-captain of the team in Tests and wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul has been removed from his position and the responsibility has been handed over to another player.

KL Rahul may lose the vice-captaincy

Rahul has captained Team India many times and has been made the vice-captain of the team on many occasions. Rahul was currently the vice-captain of the Indian team in the Test format but now he can be removed from this post.

Not only this, Rahul (KL Rahul) also captained Team India in a Test match against South Africa and till now he was also the vice-captain of the team, but this position can be taken away from him and another player can be made the vice-captain of the Indian team in his place.

Responsibility can be given to this player

Actually, currently Rohit Sharma is the captain of Team India in Test and ODI but he can play cricket only for the next few years and keeping this in mind, BCCI would like to prepare a player as his replacement. In such a situation, by removing Rahul, this responsibility can be given to wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant.

Pant has performed brilliantly in Test cricket for Team India and has played many memorable innings. In such a situation, he can be appointed as the new vice-captain of Team India. Pant also has the experience of captaining in IPL and he has also captained India in the T20 series and in such a situation, he can be seen as the next captain.

Rishabh Pant's performance in Test cricket

If we look at Pant's performance in Test cricket, he has played a total of 33 Test matches in his career so far, in which he has scored 2271 runs with an average of 43.67 and during this time, 5 centuries and 11 half-centuries have come from his bat.