Who should be India's long term captain?

[vvvslaxman]

Rohit is always a stop-gap arrangement as age/fitness is not on his side.  So India needs to identify somenoe who can do this. At this point all the available choices are either old like Rohit (Ashwin/Jadeja)  or unsuitable(Bumrah/Rahul) or unestablished (Iyer/Gill) or unavailable (Pant).  If Pant comes back we will have a viable long term choice. But with ROhit missing due to injuries frequently he himself needs a solid back up. Who would be the best choice?  

[Vijy]

9 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Rohit is always a stop-gap arrangement as age/fitness is not on his side.  So India needs to identify somenoe who can do this. At this point all the available choices are either old like Rohit (Ashwin/Jadeja)  or unsuitable(Bumrah/Rahul) or unestablished (Iyer/Gill) or unavailable (Pant).  If Pant comes back we will have a viable long term choice. But with ROhit missing due to injuries frequently he himself needs a solid back up. Who would be the best choice?  

for LOIs, it is clear selectors (for better or worse) have anointed pandu H. for tests, I imagine it would be iyer or pant

[zen]

I won't be surprised if Sir Don Pandya, who can play both in India & away, comes back to captain the test side if/when he decides to play tests. 

Edited February 22, 2023 by zen

[Lord]

Iyer is most logical choice. Seems to have the maturity required.

[vvvslaxman]

9 minutes ago, Lord said:

Iyer is most logical choice. Seems to have the maturity required.

 

Gill is an unknown quantity. He seems like a guy who enjoys batting without any added pressure. He is not fully matured  yet. Otherwise he would be perfect. Pant's progress is very very vital in this regard.

[helperononline]

My first choice is Gill but he is too young to take on such a huge responsibility so I would prefer a bowler as Captain and that would be Bumrah

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, helperononline said:

My first choice is Gill but he is too young to take on such a huge responsibility so I would prefer a bowler as Captain and that would be Bumrah

 

Bumrah disqualifies himself based on a few factors

1) Very inexperienced. He looked running out of ideas very fast

2) Not fit enough to play in all the Tests without missing.

3) He is likely to take breaks in between the match

 

Both CUmmins/Southee were found wanting in this regard.

[Lord]

21 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Gill is an unknown quantity. He seems like a guy who enjoys batting without any added pressure. He is not fully matured  yet. Otherwise he would be perfect. Pant's progress is very very vital in this regard.

 

Gill is not captaincy material. He seems to be enjoying batting only.

[Prabhdeep Singh]

Test: Rishabh Pant

ODI: Rishabh Pant

T20: Hardik Pandya

 

[ungboysj]

iyer was always destined for captaincy. he will be the one

[putrevus]

Hardik Pandya in all formats.

[Vijy]

28 minutes ago, ungboysj said:

iyer was always destined for captaincy. he will be the one

he is not a regular in any format except arguably for ODIs. in tests, for example, he is clearly disfavored overseas.

Edited February 22, 2023 by Vijy

[LordPrabhzy]

LOL people are throwing captaincy candidates of players that are inconsistently picked and never given a fair run in the 'right format'.

 

Gill/Pant for me is the future Captain/Vice combo... dont care about LOIs.. pandya can do his nautanki there

[BacktoCricaddict]

It's Sharma for the foreseeable future in tests.  Too early to really tell. 

 

We can only hope Pant can come back strong and play Pant-ball in tests again.  If he does that, he is the dude.  Gill seems like a calm, collected, confident guy, but until he gets a consistent run, how will anyone know what he is made of? 

 

T20s - Pandya for sure

ODIs - Shreyas Iyer seems to be the best bet here.

 

Edited February 22, 2023 by BacktoCricaddict

[Bigg Brother]

Anyone?? 

 

[Suhaan]

Sanju Samson

[cowboysfan]

Pant but make sure he doesnt play in LOI games at all.

[speedracer]

1 hour ago, LordPrabhzy said:

LOL people are throwing captaincy candidates of players that are inconsistently picked and never given a fair run in the 'right format'.

 

Gill/Pant for me is the future Captain/Vice combo... dont care about LOIs.. pandya can do his nautanki there

Yep. Gill Pant it is. Mentally tough cricketers can include Gill Pant sundar. Siraj too but he is a bit of a moron so no.

[The Realist]

Only a matter of time...

 

[vvvslaxman]

7 minutes ago, The Realist said:

Only a matter of time...

 

 

This guy was trending on twitter 2 days in  a row lol