Hardik Pandya is the next Team India captain, Big Announcement

Sports May 31, 2022 0 7908 Add to Reading List

Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Hardik Pandya led the team to their maiden title win on Sunday when they defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by seven wickets in the final. Lot of talks going on between Hardik Pandya succefull captaincy. Hardik Pandya is the next Team India captain, Big Announcement.

Former England skipper Michael Vaughan made big announcement, he is looking at Hardik Pandya as a future Team India captain after the charismatic all-rounder guided newcomers Gujarat Titans to victory in IPL 2022. The Titans defeated Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets to lift the prestigious IPL 2022 trophy on the back of finishing on top in the league table as well.

Hardik Pandya leadership skills have been praised by several current and former players and the England great, visibly impressed with the 28-year-old’s captaincy, said that he could stake claim to India’s captaincy in the next couple of years. Rohit Sharma is currently the India captain in all three formats of the game, having taken over from Virat Kohli.

But Pandya’s on- and off-the-field demeanour while leading the Titans has impressed Vaughan. Hours after the Titans lifted the trophy, Vaughan tweeted, “Fantastic achievement for a new franchise… If India need a captain in a couple of years I wouldn’t look past @hardikpandya7… Well done Gujurat .. #IPL2022.”

Gujarat Titans head coach Ashish Nehra too said after the title triumph that while it’s not easy for any team to finish on the podium in the first year of its inception, the boys “under the leadership of Hardik Pandya” had “really gelled well” to win in their opening IPL season.

The national side are currently led in all formats by Rohit Sharma, who was appointed earlier this year after Virat Kohli’s ODI sacking, but at 35 he is unlikely to be a long-term captain and is being rested for a home series against South Africa in June.