Who is India's next captain ? Yes the answer is "nobody"

[SK_IH]

One of the great qualities Dhoni had was planning the exit of senior players & building ahead for the future. He made sure he had a youngster as his deputy, who routinely used to get captaincy assignments when Dhoni was rested. Dhoni had a major role in India not going through the routine "transition" phase. Indian cricket has been relatively smooth ever since Dhoni retired primarily because he was aware of how to plan n build for future.

However, the way Virat Kohli has operated & his operating, he will leave Indian cricket with lots of question marks. He is unable to phase out likes of Dhawan, Ishant, Saha, Pujara, Rahane etc. A captain has to be aware of the resources available with him & planning their introduction & subsequent backing is one of the key aspects of leadership. Virat has been an utter failure in this aspect 

But the bigger question is who is India's future captain. No one has been identified as of yet. Virat is happy with "seniors" with absolutely no chance of leading India in foreseeable future as his deputy.

Virat Kohli is not interested in encouraging any youngster to be his successor. This lack of planning combined with a rudderless leader will cause Indian cricket to be holed below the water line.

 

 

[SK_IH]

How the hell is Dhawan continuing playing international cricket even today should be questioned. Not only T20s even ODIs. Indian cricket should have moved ahead after WC 2019 & should have thanked Dhawan for his services. I remember Gambhir was banished in 2012 itself & now I realise that was meticulously planned. 

 

Edited March 13, 2021 by SK_IH

[SK_IH]

The veterans of the test team i.e. Pujara, Rahane & Ishant shouldn't beyond reproach. These guys' departure should be planned keeping in mind the resources available. The closure of WTC should be a great opportunity to build ahead.

Virat himself will be in line of fire & his own place will be questioned if takes this steps, that is the only legit reason for him maintaining the status quo in all formats.

[ShoonyaSifar]

As the Aus series showed, when an opportunity comes, someone will put his hand up and show the genius' mediocrity as a leader. Among the younger lot, Vihari, Rahul, Iyer, Gill have done fair bit of leading IPL/India A/Ranji sides.

 

If VeeRat shamelessly sticks to captaincy till 2023 (), then Vihari could take over as Test captain and Rahul/Iyer as LOI captain with Gill as their deputy.

[SK_IH]

2 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

As the Aus series showed, when an opportunity comes, someone will put his hand up and show the genius' mediocrity as a leader. Among the younger lot, Vihari, Rahul, Iyer, Gill have done fair bit of leading IPL/India A/Ranji sides.

 

If VeeRat shamelessly sticks to captaincy till 2023 (), then Vihari could take over as Test captain and Rahul/Iyer as LOI captain with Gill as their deputy.

Among the names you took, I am not sure of any of them. Iyer is not a captain at all, he was just a puppet in the hands of Ponting in the IPL. Gill should focus on his batting. 

Vihari, well don't think he gonna get any games under Virat. Rahul is an interesting case, I will like to see him again this year as captain before passing judgement.

 

I think Indian cricket should hope that we accidentally fall upon any player & get lucky in that process. This is what Virat has reduced Indian cricket to. We need to be lucky to get our next captain.

[jf1gp_1]

If he is able to over come his tech flaw then Shaw will lead India in 5-7yrs time. Till then i see Rahul in lois and Ashwin in test.

[SK_IH]

I think Indian cricket should eschew their age old tradition of batting captains & select Bumrah. He is a very intelligent bowler, want to see him captain. 

[nevada]

Hitman for LOIs. Rahane for tests. Yes, he is horribly out of form but as captain, he will score minimum one matchwinning innings per series as captain.

[SK_IH]

Just now, nevada said:

Hitman for LOIs. Rahane for tests. Yes, he is horribly out of form but as captain, he will score minimum one matchwinning innings per series as captain.

Not happening as their careers overlap with King Kohli's & he is not going anywhere. The next best thing is King Kohli atleast have a young deputy for duties post 2023. 

[SK_IH]

Rohit & Rahane are automatically out of equation. After what happened in Aus tour, Virat may also plan his next baby after he officially retires. 

[SK_IH]

24 minutes ago, sarchasm said:

In the immediate future, replace Virat with Rohit as LOIs skipper. Ideally before the WT20. But he could also be given the boot right after we are unceremoniously dumped from the WT20. Doing so would immediately brighten our prospect for WC'23.

 

 

 

 

I also believe Virat has lots to win or lose in this year's T20 WC both as a captain as well as batsman. His batting in T20s too is also unsatisfactory.

But his clout in Indian cricket is enormous, even a semi final exit will be enough to continue damaging Indian cricket.

Edited March 13, 2021 by SK_IH

[King6]

Rohith

[Majestic]

KL and Pandya are two guys who can do it post 2023.

 

Post 2023, in tests, Pujara will be replaced by Vihari and Rahane by KL. Also, Rohit will be replaced by Shaw. 

 

Post 2023, in ODIs, KL and Pandya are the ones with a chance to captain the team. Shreyas, Gill, Shaw and Pant will also be integral part of ODIs team.

 

 

[SK_IH]

2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

KL and Pandya are two guys who can do it post 2023.

 

Post 2023, in tests, Pujara will be replaced by Vihari and Rahane by KL. Also, Rohit will be replaced by Shaw. 

 

Post 2023, in ODIs, KL and Pandya are the ones with a chance to captain the team. Shreyas, Gill, Shaw and Pant will also be integral part of ODIs team.

 

 

If either of KL or Pandya are options for future leadership roles. They should be made vice captains now & get chances in some series/tournaments.

[zen]

I saw SDP talk to bowlers, encourage team and take charge where he could ... will make a cool captain 

[Serpico]

10 minutes ago, sarchasm said:

He is already on the task to shield himself from probable humiliation at WT20 by announcing ENG as favorites. Expectation management. Let's see if it helps soften the blow for him.

He can't escape blame if he also fails with the bat. All the ipl stars are household names now, they will start asking why so and so player shouldn't be playing T20Is in place of virat

[raki05]

9 hours ago, SK_IH said:

One of the great qualities Dhoni had was planning the exit of senior players & building ahead for the future. He made sure he had a youngster as his deputy, who routinely used to get captaincy assignments when Dhoni was rested. Dhoni had a major role in India not going through the routine "transition" phase. Indian cricket has been relatively smooth ever since Dhoni retired primarily because he was aware of how to plan n build for future.

However, the way Virat Kohli has operated & his operating, he will leave Indian cricket with lots of question marks. He is unable to phase out likes of Dhawan, Ishant, Saha, Pujara, Rahane etc. A captain has to be aware of the resources available with him & planning their introduction & subsequent backing is one of the key aspects of leadership. Virat has been an utter failure in this aspect 

But the bigger question is who is India's future captain. No one has been identified as of yet. Virat is happy with "seniors" with absolutely no chance of leading India in foreseeable future as his deputy.

Virat Kohli is not interested in encouraging any youngster to be his successor. This lack of planning combined with a rudderless leader will cause Indian cricket to be holed below the water line.

 

 

He is phasing out only old good batsmen Sharma though.

[sorak]

WeRot Kohli

 

 

too far?

[putrevus]

On 3/13/2021 at 12:11 AM, SK_IH said:

One of the great qualities Dhoni had was planning the exit of senior players & building ahead for the future. He made sure he had a youngster as his deputy, who routinely used to get captaincy assignments when Dhoni was rested. Dhoni had a major role in India not going through the routine "transition" phase. Indian cricket has been relatively smooth ever since Dhoni retired primarily because he was aware of how to plan n build for future.

However, the way Virat Kohli has operated & his operating, he will leave Indian cricket with lots of question marks. He is unable to phase out likes of Dhawan, Ishant, Saha, Pujara, Rahane etc. A captain has to be aware of the resources available with him & planning their introduction & subsequent backing is one of the key aspects of leadership. Virat has been an utter failure in this aspect 

But the bigger question is who is India's future captain. No one has been identified as of yet. Virat is happy with "seniors" with absolutely no chance of leading India in foreseeable future as his deputy.

Virat Kohli is not interested in encouraging any youngster to be his successor. This lack of planning combined with a rudderless leader will cause Indian cricket to be holed below the water line.

 

 

The question needs to be asked has any player cemented himself as a core member. You can blame Kohli all you want but Dhoni had Kohli who cemented himself as core player.Dhoni also had Rohit Sharma what happened to him. I still think Rohit Sharma one bad series away from being dropped as test batsman.

 

It is like Pakistanis blaming Akram for lack of fast bowlers after him. Imran Khan had talented Akram under him but it does mean he was reason for Akram's greatness.  Akram had the talent which is the most important thing.It is not always captains or TM's fault.Players also have to perform when given the opportunities.

 

Who are the great talented players who have been shortchanged in last five years??

[ash]

Let's not appoint a heir now please. This is exactly what happened when Dhoni was the captain, everyone assumed that Kohli would be the next and the media hyped it up. Rahane , Ashwin for tests, Rohit for white ball were potential contenders but I am not sure if it was even discussed. Kohli becoming the captain was so natural that nobody argued. I don't want that to repeat.

 

Yes we can have some potential candidates - Pant, Rahul, Sundar,Bumrah etc but let's keep it open and decide when the time comes