The fact that KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya. Of course, Rohit Sharma has been named captain raising the following questions: Is captaincy any longer so significant in Indian cricket? Perhaps not. Cricketers once had to put in a lot of effort over many years in order to become the team’s captain. When Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, and even Virat Kohli became captains. They held their positions for many years, defining a whole era.
However, the captaincy has become increasingly competitive over the past year or so. The fact that KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya. Of course, Rohit Sharma has been named captain raises the following questions. Is captaincy any longer so significant in Indian cricket? Perhaps not. Rohit, who is 35 years old, might not be India’s designated captain in all formats for too long.
The selectors appear to have narrowed down the candidates to lead Indian cricket into the next era. With Hardik demonstrating the desire and credentials to become a leader and other names knocking. Shreyas Iyer, is gradually establishing his place in the Indian team. This is one name that former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja seems to like in this rat race.
Iyer has had a fantastic 2022, scoring 1609 runs across all formats. 185 more than Suryakumar Yadav, who has topped the charts this year. Jadeja is of the opinion that Iyer has the potential to be a name that the BCCI could look up to as the next Indian captain in light of what Iyer accomplished during the nerve-wracking Mirpur Test against Bangladesh that just came to an end.
He struggled against short-pitch bowling after returning from injury, but he has worked to overcome it. So when you figure out how to defeat one obstruction, you can put it behind the others as well. Let’s hope so, as he was touted as the next Indian captain two to three years ago. “He was touted to become the next skipper,” Jadeja stated on the Sony Sports Network.
Iyer has abandoned Dhawan and Shubman Gill to arise as India’s driving run-scorer in ODIs this year, storing up 724 runs from 17 matches. In addition, he has scored 422 runs in five Test matches at an average of 60.28, ranking second only to Rishabh Pant, who has scored 680 runs in seven matches. Iyer, who made his whites debut against New Zealand last year and blew everyone away with a century, may not have scored a century in this one, but he has improved greatly with four fifties.
Importantly, Iyer’s blistering form has made him a strong candidate to be included in India’s Playing XI across all formats. Jadeja is awestruck by what he saw of the 28-year-old during his patient knock against Bangladesh. Iyer and R Ashwin put together an unbeaten 71-run partnership. While India was struggling at 74/7 in their pursuit of 145 to complete a 2-0 sweep, during which Ash was the aggressor.
He consistently scores runs.
This year in Test cricket, he is averaging 60-70 runs, and his demeanor on Day 4 was remarkable. Ashwin realized that just because he was the last known specialist batter. All he had to do was get the job done. If you look at that partnership carefully, Ashwin faced more balls and scored more runs. It’s one thing to say, “I love pressure situations,” but then he showed calm. I thrive there, but actually doing it is another thing.