There appears to be a leadership crisis in the Indian cricket team. Now that Virat Kohli has stepped down from the captaincy has caused some instability in the Indian cricket team. KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Hardik Pandya have all previously captained India this year, despite Rohit Sharma’s full-time appointment as captain.
As per the recent developments, it has been revealed that Shikhar Dhawan will serve as the captain for the three-match One Day International tour to the West Indies. On the other hand, it has been told that Ravindra Jadeja will serve as his vice captain for ODI.
Rahul Dravid initially collaborated with Shikhar Dhawan during India’s tour of Sri Lanka last year, which he oversaw as interim captain. India lost the T20I series despite having a 2-1 advantage in the ODI series.
The unexpected choice of Shikhar Dhawan’s captaincy.
The choice of Dhawan as the ODI captain is unexpected because Rohit was anticipated to be featured in the series despite not having played much cricket since the Indian Premier League.
In terms of the Indian itinerary, Rohit Sharma will be participating in the white ball tour in England before leading India in the five-match T20 series against the West Indies later this month.
Although it had been previously stated that the senior players will be given some time to rest for the tour, but Rohit Sharma’s decision to skip it has surprised a lot of people. In reality, the team does not include Jasprit Bumrah or Virat Kohli. Let us look at the Indian squad for the ODI.
India’s squad for 3 ODIs: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
oh Wow! @SDhawan25 is suddenly #TeamIndia captain for West Indies ODI series. One day out of squad, one day skipper. Case of extremes for our dear opener. @imjadeja joins the list of evergrowing Indian team vice-captains. #BCCI
— G. S. Vivek (@GSV1980) July 6, 2022
Omg Can't Believe That @SDhawan25 as A Odi Captain @arshdeepsinghh in Odi Squad. 🥳🥳🤞🥰@PunjabKingsIPL #SaddaPunjab pic.twitter.com/EchsS9shH7
— imsubhashpatel🌞 (@iPunjabKingsFan) July 6, 2022
Shikhar Dhawan will be the seventh player to captain India in men's cricket this year!
— Sarah Waris (@swaris16) July 6, 2022
Shikhar Dhawan will be captaining India in the ODI series against West Indies.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 6, 2022
Virat kohli
— Deep Point (@ittzz_spidey) July 6, 2022
KL Rahul
Rohit Sharma
Rishabh Pant
Hardik Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah
Ajinkiya Rahane
Shikhar Dhawan
8 captains in 7 months for Team India under Rahul Dravid.!Almost every captain in every different series.!
Btw, is @SDhawan25 the only Indian cricketer, who is a pure ODI player? Not attacking enough for T20 and not tight, solid for #Testcricket … Seems very weird. Every other player plays just Tests or both forms of white-ball cricket. #TeamIndia
— G. S. Vivek (@GSV1980) July 6, 2022
Shikhar Dhawan will be captaining India in the ODI series against West Indies.
— Manoj Pareek (@mrpareekji) July 6, 2022
* Shikhar Dhawan : pic.twitter.com/p6k3VBfnJm
