The Indian national cricket team is in the midst of a major transition period, characterized by a surge of new faces and a young coaching establishment. The year has seen some key players retire, opening the door for new talent and forcing a leadership reshuffle across formats. Whereas most of the initial half of the year was consumed by attempts to find a long-term successor to the Test captaincy, the attention has now turned to the future of India’s ODI leadership.
With high-level speculation going around on the potential retirement of veteran captain Rohit Sharma from One Day Internationals, discussions have begun over who would wear the badge next. Of the most common names emerging in contention is Shreyas Iyer. His qualification has been enhanced recently due to his outstanding leadership in the IPL, where he took two different franchises to consecutive finals.
But BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, in an interview to the Hindustan Times, shot down the rumors floating around and stated categorically that no discussions have occurred for replacing Rohit Sharma. “That’s news to me. There have been no such discussions,” Saikia stated, calling off the latest bout of speculation at least for the time being.
Instead of Iyer, Shubman Gill remains as the frontrunner for India’s ODI captaincy, it is also considered that he is the board’s first choice. A source further stated to Hindustan Times that Gill remains as the choice for ODI Captaincy as well after taking over leadership in Tests.
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“He averages 59 in ODI cricket and is already the vice-captain of the team. There is no way someone who has recently been appointed Test captain, found some success and has age on his side should not take over leadership in ODI cricket, when the time comes,” stated the source.
