A new era is now beginning in Team India. First of all, this will start with calling Team India the world champion. Team India will now enter the field as the T20 World Champion. Along with this, new players will get a chance after the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja from T20 International. Also, the era of Gautam Gambhir is about to begin, who has become the new head coach of Team India. At the beginning of his tenure, Team India will enter the field with 2 captains and these captains will be - Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul.

Sri Lanka series will start

BCCI announced Gautam Gambhir's name on Tuesday, July 9, and appointed him as the new head coach of Team India.

Gambhir will replace Rahul Dravid in this position, who left the team after Team India's title win in the T20 World Cup. Gautam Gambhir's journey with Team India will begin with the Sri Lanka tour, which will start from July 27. On this tour, Team India will first play the T20 series and then the ODI series. In this series, the command of Team India will be in the hands of two different captains.

According to the report of news agency ANI, along with the Sri Lanka tour, the players who won the T20 World Cup will also return after a break.

Only Jasprit Bumrah will not be seen in this, who will be given rest for the entire tour. Hardik Pandya, who was the vice-captain in the T20 World Cup, will return from this series and will take charge of the T20 team. It is believed that with this series, he will be appointed as the permanent captain of the T20 team.

Rahul will take over the ODI captaincy

But Hardik's captaincy will remain only till here for now. The report has claimed, citing BCCI sources, that Hardik Pandya will not be the captain in the 3-match ODI series but he will play under someone else's leadership.

The report states that KL Rahul will lead Team India in the ODI series. Rahul has captained Team India before as well. Rahul will return to this format after the 2023 World Cup final. His innings in the final was heavily criticized but before that final, his performance was strong throughout the tournament.

The report states that KL Rahul will lead Team India in the ODI series. Rahul has captained Team India before as well. Rahul will return to this format after the 2023 World Cup final. His innings in the final was heavily criticized but before that final, his performance was strong throughout the tournament.