Shubman Gill Might End Up Ruining KL Rahul's Party In Gambhir's First Stint As India Head Coach

IND vs SL: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirement from T20Is after India won their second World T20 on June 29, 2024. The Indian cricket team defeated a defiant and gritty South Africa by 7 runs in the finals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. This victory also marked an end to India's 11-year-old long ICC title drought. But things are bound to change inside the Indian cricket team as it is a transitional phase for them with a new coach at the helm of things.

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With Rohit Sharma retiring his from the T20I format, the Indian team management is in a dire need for a full-time skipper who can lead the team across 2025 and in the 2026 ODI World Cup. Rohit will continue to play the ODI and the Test format but he is in the last phase of his career and a lot will depend on his fitness and how he picks and choses the bilateral series that he wants to play.

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This opens up a lot of chances for youngsters in the Indian cricket team to present their case and become a mainstay in the team. India will travel to Sri Lanka for a brief ODI and T20I series under Head Coach Gautam Gambhir. While Hardik Pandya has reportedly been finalized as the leader of India's T20I side, the captain for the ODI side still remains under the wraps. Pandya has opted for a break from the ODIs and this puts KL Rahul and Shubman Gill as the contenders to be India's skipper. 'The break from ODIs is for very personal reasons. Hardik doesn't have any fitness issue as is being floated in the media', said a BCCI Source.

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Shubman Gill's Claim To India's Captaincy

Youngster Shubman Gill is very new to the role of a skipper. After Hardik Pandya's exit from the Gujarat Titans, Gill was made the skipper of the franchise and looked pretty decent as the leader of the pack. Recently Gill delivered a series win for India while leading a pack of young Indian cricketers, this certainly makes him one of the contenders to be India captain.