‘Rohit Sharma will be the captain for 2024 T20 World Cup, not Hardik Pandya’: Former India cricketer | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former opener Aakash Chopra shared his anticipation of Rohit Sharma probably main the Indian aspect through the 2024 T20 World Cup, set to happen from June 1 to June 29. The mega match is co-hosted by the West Indies and the US.Chopra, on his YouTube channel, steered Rohit’s possible captaincy as a consequence of Hardik Pandya’s ongoing health challenges hindering his present availability for play.

The ICC introduced the entire schedule for the competitors on Friday. India will face arch-rivals Pakistan on June 9 in New York.

Hardik has been sidelined from aggressive cricket since October 19, following an ankle harm sustained whereas bowling in an ICC Cricket World Cup match towards Bangladesh. Consequently, he missed the five-match T20I sequence towards Australia and the following three-match T20I and ODI sequence through the South Africa tour.In Hardik’s absence, Suryakumar Yadav took cost of India in all of the T20I matches. “Hardik will in all probability not be the captain as a result of there is a matter relating to health. You aren’t taking part in at the moment. You twisted your ankle within the World Cup. You aren’t taking part in the Afghanistan sequence and you do not play Exams in any case, so you’ll straightaway play the IPL. It’s going towards him,” stated Aakash.

“I really feel Rohit Sharma can be doing T20I captaincy and also will be the captain for the 2024 T20 World Cup. In the event you had requested this query after the 2022 T20 World Cup, it was nearly sure he wouldn’t be the captain, contemplating the way in which the crew carried out as we have been scoring 60 runs within the first 10 overs,” he added.Hardik was just lately appointed because the skipper for Mumbai Indians (MI), changing Rohit after he returned to his previous franchise following a two-year stint with Gujarat Titans.