Team India: Team India is currently on a tour of England. Where the Indian camp led by young captain Shubman Gill will try to win the Test series on English land after a long time. Till a few months ago, everyone hoped that Rohit Sharma would lead India in the Test series against England, but he surprised everyone by announcing retirement from Red Ball cricket.
At the same time, now before the domestic ODI series against the West Indies, Hitman can also say goodbye to ODI format.
This player becomes a new captain
This ODI series between India and West Indies will be played next year i.e. 2026 in September – October. The way Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from T20I and Test format in very small intervals, there is little scope that they will play ODI cricket till September next year. In such a situation, the BCCI has started searching for the new captain for the ODI format. At present, the names of Shubman Gill, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are at the forefront in this race.
Talking about the current situation, Shreyas Iyer is the strongest contender of the ODI captain of Team India. He took Punjab Kings to the final in IPL 2025 and before that he also won several titles in domestic cricket for Mumbai.
These players will get a place in the squad
Many new faces can be seen in India’s ODI squad. Many players including Abhimanyu Ishwar, Sai Sudarshan and Priyansh Arya have shown their potential. Apart from this, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Yash Dayal have contested their claim in bowling. All of them can get a chance to play in the 3 -match ODI series against the West Indies.
Shubman Gill, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Sai Sudarshan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Mayank Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Yash Dayal, Harsh Dayal.
Disclaimer – The squad has not been officially announced for the ODI series against the West Indies. In this article, the author has only expressed the possibility.
