BCCI chose Team India’s new captain for Bangladesh ODI series, Rohit-Gils will not take command
Team India: The Indian team is currently preparing for the five -match Test series against England. After this series, Team India has to play a three -match ODI series against Bangladesh. For which they have to visit Bangladesh. Earlier, India had visited Bangladesh in the year 2022 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, but then India lost this series 2–1.
But this time it is believed that the command of the team can be handed over to another player. After the hitman, young opener Shubman Gill is leading the captaincy race, but now the management has handed over the command of the team to another player besides Rohit-Gil. So let’s know who is that player… ..
In fact, the Indian team has to visit Bangladesh in the month of August, where they have to play a three -match ODI series with the hosts. The series between the two countries is scheduled to begin from August 17. For which the discussion about the captain of Team India has intensified. Many media reports are claiming that Team India may be commanded by Shreyas Iyer in this series. This is also believed that Punjab Kings have performed tremendously in IPL 2025 under his captaincy. After which he has joined the race of captaincy. Which has also been confirmed by a source of BCCI.
Performance is fantastic as captain
Talking about Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy, his performance as a captain has been quite spectacular. He has captained his home team Mumbai and under his captaincy, Mumbai won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024, while KKR also won the IPL 2024 title under Iyer’s captaincy. Apart from this, Iyer’s captaincy in IPL 2025 traveled to the finals by Punjab Kings.
Which has made it clear that he has become a strong contender for captaincy. Now in such a situation, head coach Gautam Gambhir and BCCI Management Iyer can trust Iyer. And in the ODI series against Bangladesh, he can make him the captain of Team India. While the responsibility of vice -captain can be entrusted by Shubman Gill.
Team India’s possible squad for ODI series against Bangladesh
Shubman Gill (vice -captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Ishaan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Akshar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty.
Discalmer- It is the personal opinion of the author that the Indian team may be something like this in the upcoming ODI series against Bangladesh. However, the BCCI has not yet announced the official squad.
