Harbhajan Singh has disposed of Ravi Shastri’s hypothesis that Virat Kohli ought to chief India when Rohit Sharma is inaccessible.
Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, and Rohit Sharma are among the other players.
Captaincy in Indian cricket has turned into a series of games of seat juggling since Virat Kohli ventured down. primarily due to the fact that Rohit has repeatedly been rested or injured.
After Rohit was selected as India’s all-design skipper in January of 2022. He missed the ODI series in South Africa, the rescheduled fifth Test against Britain, and the Test series in Bangladesh.
In his nonappearance, nearly everybody had a go, yet absent a lot of progress. India lost 0-3 in South Africa under Rahul, and when Pant took over after he pulled his hamstring. The T20Is at home against the same opponents finished 1-1.
Bumrah was given the baton for the crucial series finale against England in Edgbaston after much thought.
The outcome: India lost by seven wickets, wasting one of their best possibilities of enlisting a series win in Britain.
In the midst of this, Indian cricket found another forerunner in Hardik, who drove a lot of youths in T20Is.
Dhawan took over as captain of a group of young players in the West Indies when he was busy with the Indian team’s preparations for the T20 World Cup.
Injuries are not uncommon in Indian cricket. The present moment is at its least, as a matter of fact. Two of their head stars Rishabh Gasp and Jasprit Bumrah are out with no decent course of events on their profits.
Due to the severity of Shreyas Iyer’s injury, the World Test Championship final selection committee had to turn to Ajinkya Rahane, who last played a Test in January 2022.
Additionally, Team India is likely to be without Jaydev Unadkat and Rahul if the recent events are any indication.
Ravi Shastri suggested earlier this week that India should “look into the direction” of giving Kohli captaincy when Rohit is unavailable, similar to what happened in Birmingham last year.
If we think back to June 2022, when Rohit was injured. There were rumors that Kohli would be given the captaincy of this one-off Test.
However, Bumrah was given the captaincy instead, becoming the first fast bowler to captain India since the legendary Kapil Dev.
Shastri, in the same way as others, was shocked by the choice. India had taken a 2-1 lead under Kohli in 2021, and given what was at stake. It was only right that their most successful Test captain took center stage.
In any case, the group on the board changed course wanting to track down Rohit’s replacement.
Fans of Kohli will undoubtedly be excited by Shastri’s opinion. But Harbhajan Singh is the only person who does not support the solution offered by the former coach of India.
He believes that naming Virat captain once more is not the best course of action. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Team India is having trouble selecting a replacement for Rohit as their Test captain.
In contrast to ODIs and T20s, where Hardik is in line, the two choices they have in whites are either Gasp or Iyer.
Bumrah was a competitor however given the reality of his back physical issue. It is impossible that the administration will be keen on him any longer.
As a result, Harbhajan believes that the most pressing requirement for resolving this issue is to look ahead rather than relying on Kohli’s legacy.
How will you proceed if you keep going back? Virat was not a bad captain, of course. Virat was brilliant up until the time he was in charge.
Take a look at this record—the Test victories both domestically and abroad—it speaks for itself. He has also provided the outcomes.
In any case, I most certainly trust that on the off chance that Rohit isn’t playing or is harmed or anything that is the explanation. We ought to take a gander at another person,” Harbhajan Singh, who is a specialist with Star Sports.
The authority television telecaster of IPL 2023, told Hindustan Times. The man himself and what transpired between him and the then-BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly. The most recent chapter of which came to light.
The IPL 2023’s “no handshake” incident between the two. Is another theory that does not support the idea of Kohli filling in as India’s captain. Having said that.
Since November 2021, a lot of water has gone under the bridge. It was a throwback to simpler times when Kohli was captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore because Faf du Plessis injured his ribs.
Not that Kohli is at any point shy of feelings, but rather his back in charge brought back an ocean of recollections and feelings. However, Harbhajan insisted that Kohli should not be an option going forward, despite how nostalgic this may sound.