After witnessing a forgettable South Africa tour, India is all set to host the series against West Indies from February 6th. After a long time, India will be playing a home series. It will be the first series in which Rohit Sharma will serve as a full-time limited-overs Indian skipper. All eyes will be on the new skipper also because he will be playing for the first time after the New Zealand series.
Meanwhile, with KL Rahul missing the first ODI against Windies, they’re a question of who will be Rohit’s deputy in the first game. According to recent reports, Rahul will be making a comeback in the second ODI. So who can be the vice-captain of Team India, and the possible names are Rishabh Pant and Shikhar Dhawan. According to the board, there is no better substitute For Rishabh Pant for a match.
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Pant is a good wicket-keeper Batter and his observation skills and reading of the game makes him a good captaincy prospect. Pant’s role in field changes also remains special, which makes him a better option for a captain. The board believes that it is necessary to prepare the players from now to be seen as the captain of the future.
Pant and Rahul are the first names in the current situation to become the future captain. In the recent series, after the injury of Rohit Sharma, Rahul took the captaincy of the team in the ODI series.
ODI Squad for West Indies series: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan
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T20I squad for West Indies series: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel.
