Gautam Gambhir: Gautam Gambhir has recently been appointed as the new head coach of Team India by BCCI Secretary Jay Shah. Gautam Gambhir is going to start his tenure for Team India with the Sri Lanka tour starting from July 27.

Even before taking up the responsibility as the head coach of Team India on the Sri Lanka tour, Gautam Gambhir took a bold decision and decided to choose a player as the captain of the team on the Sri Lanka tour. Who has not played any match for Team India in the last 612 days.

Gautam Gambhir wants to make Rishabh Pant the captain

Team India's star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who returned to international cricket after almost 18 months by playing in the T20 World Cup in 2024. Gautam Gambhir can appoint him as the captain of Team India for the ODI series on the Sri Lanka tour.

This can happen because Team India's captain Rohit Sharma has decided to take rest on the Sri Lanka tour. Due to which Gautam Gambhir can give the captaincy of Team India's ODI format to Rishabh Pant.

Pant can represent Team India in ODI format after 612 days

Talking about Rishabh Pant, he played his last ODI match for Team India against New Zealand in the year 2022. After playing his last match against New Zealand, Rishabh Pant had a terrible car accident at the end of the year 2022.

After which Rishabh Pant has not played any international ODI match for the last 612 days.

Rishabh Pant's ODI stats are nothing special

Team India's star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has played 30 ODI matches so far. In these 30 ODI matches, Rishabh Pant has scored 865 runs while batting at an average of 34.60 and a strike rate of 106.65. During this period, Rishabh Pant has played 5 half-centuries and 1 century in the ODI format for Team India.