New Delhi. The Indian Cricket Board has announced the team for the West Indies tour. Shikhar Dhawan has been made the captain of this team. Shikhar Dhawan, popularly known as Gabbar, will be the fourth cricketer to captain the Indian team within a month. If we talk about the last one year, then Dhawan will become the eighth cricketer to captain the Indian team. Under the captaincy of Dhawan, the Indian team will play three ODIs against the West Indies.
The way the captain is changing in the Indian team, it may be a part of the BCCI’s plan. But seeing its speed, it seems as if this chair race is going on. There is a good reason to think so. Actually, the regular captain of the Indian team, Rohit Sharma has turned 34 years old. In such a situation, everyone knows that he cannot handle the command of the team for a long time. For this reason the board is looking for a new captain. However, Shikhar Dhawan is not in the list of possible new captains. He should be seen as a caretaker captain.
The Cricket Board of India (BCCI) announced the team for the West Indies tour on Wednesday. The regular captain of the team Rohit Sharma has been rested from this series. Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant have also been rested. That is, five such players from India will not play the ODI series on the West Indies tour, who have taken over the command of Team India at some point within a year.
Cricket lovers will not forget that Shikhar Dhawan took charge of the Indian team even a year ago. The Indian team went on a tour of Sri Lanka in July 2021 under the captaincy of Gabbar. At the same time, Virat Kohli was commanding the Test team. Virat suddenly left the captaincy. After this Rohit Sharma was made the regular captain of the team. Rohit is the only player to have captained the Indian men’s team in all three formats within a year.
Ajinkya Rahane may not be a part of Team India on the England tour. But everyone knows that his name is also among the players who have captained within the last one year. However, he got the captaincy opportunity in only one Test match.
Apart from Virat, Rohit, Ajinkya and Shikhar, four more players have taken over the command of the team within a year. These players are KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. Actually, when we talk about chair race, somewhere in that race these four players are involved. These four players are young and are seen again in almost every format. In the true sense, after Rohit Sharma, these four are at the forefront of the players who are looking at the Indian board, who are leading the team.
By the way, the selectors have made it clear that they are not looking at just 4 players KL Rahul, Pant, Pandya or Bumrah for the future captain. Ravindra Jadeja has been made the vice-captain for the West Indies tour. This is an indication that Jadeja is also on the selectors’ radar. The three-match ODI series between India and West Indies will be played from July 22. These three matches will be played in Port of Spain. After the ODI series, the Indian team will play five T20 matches against West Indies and America. The Indian T20 team has not been announced yet.
Indian team for West Indies tour: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Ravindra Jadeja (Vice Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Pranand Krishna, Mohd. Siraj and Arshdeep Singh.
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July 06, 2022, 19:01 IST