Before the Sri Lanka tour, Rohit Sharma also left the ODI captaincy, now not Hardik but a 32-year-old man will be the captain

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|09-07-2024

Rohit Sharma: Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from the shortest format of cricket, T20I, soon after winning the T20 World Cup title in Barbados, West Indies.

At the same time, before the Sri Lanka tour of Team India starting from July 27, news is coming that Rohit Sharma has now left the captaincy of the ODI team before the Sri Lanka tour.

Rohit Sharma left the captaincy of the ODI team

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has gone on a holiday with his family before the Sri Lanka tour.

In such a situation, he will not captain the ODI team on the Sri Lanka tour.
In such a situation, a young player can be given a place in the ODI team in his place. It is being speculated that Virat Kohli will also not be a part of Team India on this tour. In such a situation, a young player will be given his place in Team India.

KL Rahul will captain Team India, not Hardik Pandya

After Rohit Sharma did not take part in the Sri Lanka tour, instead of Hardik Pandya, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul will captain the Indian cricket team's ODI team. During this ODI series, many senior players of Team India will be on rest. Apart from captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jaspreet Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja can also be included in this list, while the return of fast bowler Mohammad Shami is doubtful.

Hardik Pandya can be made the regular captain

Apart from the ODI series, Team India will also play a T20I series against Sri Lanka. In such a situation, before this series, Hardik Pandya, captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, can be made the regular T20I captain of Team India. At the same time, former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir can be given the role of head coach of Team India on this tour.

Gautam Gambhir was recently seen shooting his farewell video with KKR at Kolkata Knight Riders' home ground Eden Gardens.

In such a situation, there are speculations that he has resigned from the post of KKR mentor. In such a situation, BCCI can soon announce his name as the head coach.

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