Indian Cricket Team (ICT) went through a strong 2023 calendar year where they ended up winning the Asia Cup 2023 and in the process, retaining the One-Day International (ODI) verison of Asia Cup (as India won the ODI verison of Asia Cup in 2018). India also managed to win the Test series at home against Australia as the spinners dominated throught the series to see-off the challenge from Aussies to clinch the series 2-1. India gave their best ever World Cup performance statistically as they won 10 games in a row, before losing the Final against eventual champions, Australia.
The Rohit Sharma-led side dominated in every format and made it to the Final of both the major International Cricket Council (ICC) events this year, the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup. But sadly, India ended up on the losing side in both the finals, against the very same opposition, Australia. The traumatic loss spread waves of agony and sheer disappointment across the nation as Rohit Sharma opted for a break from cricket for a short period of time.
During that time period, India tested out their players in captaincy roles in-order to start a process of 'Team India post-Rohit Sharma' era. Now, as KL Rahul is the vice-captain, this means that once Rohit opts to step down from his captaincy role, the Karnataka batter will have the command of the Indian side. Also, Hardik Pandya will be the most probable next T20I captain for the Indian side after his successful exploits as a captain with Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, as we saw Suryakumar captain the Indian side in T20I's, here are the three potential players who can be seen in the captaincy role in the future:
Shubman Gill: The newly appointed Gujarat Titans captain is a face Indian fans can see as a captain. Gone are those days when Gill was labelled as an upcoming star as he is now one of the superstar cricketers of Indian cricket who is going to lead the Blues in the next 10-15 years.
Ravindra Jadeja: The Indian all-rounder has been a constant performer in the side for more than 10 years now as his ever-reliable bowling and fielding and handy batting has rescued India innumerable times. The all-rounder even captained the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) side in the IPL and is a probable candidate to captain team India.
Shreyas Iyer: The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain has previous experience as a captain in IPL and has often proved good with his tactics and changes and given the fact if he manages to keep his spot in the team and constantly perform, time is not that far we might see the Indian batter take reigns of the Indian side's captaincy.