Who will be the captain after Rohit Sharma?

Former cricketer Irfan Pathan has given an important advice to the Indian team management regarding the next captain of Team India. Irfan Pathan believes that the team management should start preparing the next captain from now on. Pathan said that the team should think about who will be the next captain after Rohit Sharma.

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Rohit Sharma has been captaining the Indian team in all three formats for some time. Under his captaincy, the Indian team also played the finals of ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup and World Test Championship. However, now Rohit Sharma is gradually going towards the decline of his career, in such a situation the team will have to prepare the next captain from now on.

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We have to prepare two-three options for captaincy – Irfan Pathan

According to Irfan Pathan, the focus of Team India this year should be to prepare the future captain. During a conversation on Star Sports, he said,

There are chances of many changes this year. That is why if we prepare two-three leaders then we will not have to face problems. The focus should be on what kind of leader you will create. The Indian team performed very well in Test cricket for five years under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. The team reached the number one ranking and Virat Kohli’s fitness was tremendous. Kohli performed in every match and made the team do better. Rohit Sharma also gave excellent performance from the team. We saw this in the World Cup and Asia Cup but we have to think about who will be the captain after Rohit Sharma.

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Let us tell you that in recent times KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya have been given the captaincy. These players have captained the team many times.

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