Former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri says that IPL 2022 is a great platform to find the next generation captain of Team India. Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer will be in action as they are captaining their respective franchises in the upcoming season. Any of them may be the future captain of Team India.
Who Will Be The Future Captain
Shastri talked in the press conference of IPL by sponsor Star Sports – Virat is no longer the captain, but Rohit has also been brilliant in the white ball format. India will see who will captain the team in future. Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul are currently in this race. The Indian team will be looking for a strong captain for the future and here is the chance.
He further said- We saw Venkatesh Iyer in the last IPL, no one had heard of him and he was in the Indian team by the time the season ended. That is the beauty of this tournament.
Rahul disappointed as captain
KL Rahul’s record has been very poor in comparison with the other two. For Team India, he has captained in 4 international matches and India lost in all. In the South Africa series, Rahul took charge of captaincy in one Test and three ODIs. This season he will be the leader of captain Lucknow Super Giants.
At the same time, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer have showcased them more strong as captains. In the last IPL season, Pant won 9 matches out of 16 matches while captaining Delhi Capitals. They lost in 6 and tied 1 match. The team reached the playoffs.
Iyer also won 21 in 41 IPL matches and lost 18. Two matches were tied. Under his captaincy, Delhi Capitals made it to the playoffs after a long wait of 6 years. Delhi Capitals was IPL runner-up in 2020, even then the captain of the team was Shreyas Iyer. This time Iyer will be seen taking leadership of KKR.
Shastri will be back in commentary
Ravi Shastri made his return to commentary after seven years. It Interesting is he will be seen in the Hindi commentary box. Apart from him, Suresh Raina, who was unsold in the mega auction, will also be seen doing commentary for the first time. The season will start on March 26 and the first match of the tournament will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.
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