Amid the ongoing debate over the future captaincy of the Indian cricket team in red-ball cricket, in a recent development, Hardik Pandya has been appointed as the captain for the upcoming T20I series against West Indies, along with taking up the role of vice-captain. Is. in ODIs. Former selector MSK Prasad was asked about the possibility of Pandya becoming the white-ball captain in future and whether Rohit Sharma would retain the captaincy for the red-ball format during the upcoming two-year World Test Championship (WTC) cycle.
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According to Sports Now, Prasad said, “I don’t know whether I can answer that question or not. I don’t know the mindset of the selectors. Generally, the mindset of the selectors should be with the WTC cycle now.” There should be a clear circle, the mindset should be like that.”
When further asked about the possibility of a young player becoming the captain after Rohit Sharma, Prasad suggested Virat Kohli as an option and said, “Why not Virat Kohli? When Ajinkya Rahane comes back and becomes the vice-captain.” If he can, then why not Virat Kohli.” ?I don’t know what Virat’s mindset is about captaincy. If the selectors are thinking ahead of Rohit, I don’t know what they are thinking, but if they are thinking ahead of Rohit, I think Virat can be an option. ,
The conversation also discussed the potential of Rishabh Pant to become the future captain. Prasad pointed out that during his tenure as a selector, Pant was at an early stage of his career, so it was too early to draw any conclusions. He stressed on the importance of waiting for Pant to recover from his injury before taking any decision. Prasad praised Pant’s remarkable achievements and pointed out that he is the only Indian wicket-keeper batsman to score centuries in Australia, South Africa and England. However, he reiterated the importance of allowing Pant to make a successful comeback before getting into further discussions about his future prospects.
“During our time, he just kept coming. Let him come back. Look what Rishabh Pant has done, no other wicketkeeper-batsman has done in the history of Indian cricket. Because no wicketkeeper has done that in Australia, South Africa Has not scored runs and centuries. , and England in the history of Indian cricket. Let him come back, let him come back on the field. We cannot assume from the point of view of selection that this is possible, that is possible. We can’t afford to be a common man,” expressed MSK Prasad.
Prasad’s comments reflected the uncertainty surrounding the future captaincy of the Indian cricket team and stressed the need to consider various factors, including the WTC cycle, the mindset of individual players and their performance on the field, before making any definitive decisions.










