Gautam Gambhir: Team India is currently playing a T20 series on the Zimbabwe tour under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Team India has won one and lost one of the two matches played on the Zimbabwe tour. After the end of the Zimbabwe tour, Team India has to go on a Sri Lanka tour.

Gautam Gambhir's name has been announced as the new head coach of Team India before the Sri Lanka tour. Along with becoming the head coach of Team India, Gautam Gambhir has decided to give the captaincy of the team for the Sri Lanka ODI series to his favorite player instead of Rohit Sharma.

Rohit Sharma will not be a part of Team India on Sri Lanka tour

Team India captain Rohit Sharma will not travel with the team on the Sri Lanka tour starting from July 27.

After which it is believed that along with Rohit Sharma, Jaspreet Bumrah and Virat Kohli can also decide to take rest in the ODI series to be held on Sri Lanka tour.

KL Rahul may get the captaincy of the team in Sri Lanka ODI series

In the absence of Team India's veteran players Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul can be seen captaining the team in the 3 ODI matches to be held on the Sri Lanka tour.

Talking about KL Rahul, before that KL Rahul also played the role of captain for Team India in the South Africa ODI series at the end of 2023 and in that ODI series, Team India won by a margin of 2-1.

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KL Rahul is considered Gautam Gambhir's favorite

Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir and KL Rahul have worked together for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in IPL cricket for 2 seasons. During KL Rahul's captaincy and Gautam Gambhir's coaching, Lucknow Super Giants reached the playoffs in both the seasons.

In such a situation, if Gautam Gambhir is asked to choose the captain for Team India on the Sri Lanka tour, then Gautam Gambhir can also be seen leaning towards KL Rahul. Due to which many cricket fans also consider KL Rahul as Gautam Gambhir's favorite.