Rishabh Pant is now a favourite to grow to be Rohit Sharma’s deputy for the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Hardik Pandya (Picture by way of Imago)
Hardik Pandya captained the Indian T20 staff within the absence of Rohit Sharma after the 2022 T20 World Cup. He oversaw the Indian staff in a few sequence towards New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies.
Regardless of main the staff when Rohit Sharma was not accessible, Hardik Pandya won’t be captaining India within the 2024 T20 World Cup. Sharma returned to T20Is and was reappointed because the Indian captain regardless of lacking 24 matches.
Now there are studies of Pandya not having a management function within the Indian WC squad. He’s in rivalry with Rishabh Pant, the captain of Delhi Capitals (DC), to grow to be Sharma’s deputy. The wicket-keeper captained India throughout a 5-match T20I sequence towards South Africa in 2022, drawing the sequence 2-2.
At present Pandya captains the out-of-form Mumbai Indians, who’re ninth within the factors desk. The Pant-led-DC are sixth, 4 factors above MI.
Rishabh Pant’s could make his India comeback in 2024 T20 World Cup
Rishabh Pant was in a near-fatal automotive accident in December 2022, which precipitated him a number of accidents to his again, legs and face. The accident dominated him out for 14-months, and the keeper underwent rehabilitation within the Nationwide Cricket Academy.
He lastly returned to skilled cricket within the 2024 IPL, captaining DC and is on the right track to have one in every of his finest seasons. He has scored 398 runs in 11 innings whereas being concerned in 14 dismissals (11 catches and three stumpings).
With this unimaginable comeback, the BCCI have determined to deliver Pant again to the Indian staff. He might be India’s first selection keeper, beating KL Rahul and Sanju Samson to the spot. He final performed a T20I throughout India’s tour of New Zealand after the 2022 T20 World Cup.
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