‘Itna hype dena ka zarurat nahi hai’ -Fans react as Ravi Shastri suggests Hardik Pandya to take over white ball captaincy after 2023 One-Day World Cup
The next big assignment which is coming up for India is the 2023 One-Day World Cup. The tournament will be held on home soil for the first time since 2011. But unlike then, the whole tournament will be taking place in India. Rohit Sharma is currently leading the national side in all formats. After the world cup finishes, India might see a change of hands.
Speaking on this matter, Ravi Shastri has suggested that Hardik Pandya should entirely take over the reins regarding the white ball side after the 50-over World Cup is over. Pandya has improved leaps and bounds as a cricketer since he took over the captaincy role at the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) edition. He guided GT to its maiden title in that edition. Even in 2023, GT made it to the final under his leadership but lost to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a high-voltage clash.
The seniors are ready to be phased out and replaced by youngsters -Ravi Shastri
“After the World Cup, if his body is fit enough, he should take over the captaincy in white-ball cricket,” Shastri said in an interview with The Week. Hardik also led India recently in a T20I series against Sri Lanka at home, where India won the T20I series 2-1 and also against New Zealand, where India took the T20I series 2-1. On another note, many former cricketers batted for Hardik Pandya’s return to red-ball cricket as he could bring more depth and balance to the National side.
But Shastri had differing views on this topic. “His body cannot cope with Test cricket. Let’s be very clear about that,” Shastri added. The former India cricketer talked about the Indian Team and said that the time is ripe for integrating the youngsters into the Indian side and slowly phasing the senior players out.
“There are seniors ready to be phased out and there are youngsters ready,” Shastri added. “No question about it when it comes to T20 cricket. Lesser in 50-over cricket and even fewer in Tests,” Shastri further elucidated. Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal were included in the West Indies Tests.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
Rohit Sharma should not have been the captain at first place in international cricket. IPL me thik hai as like kids khelte hai vacation me !
— Ravi Ghodasara (@RaviGhodasara) June 25, 2023
https://twitter.com/paramparAvAdI/status/1672809435373375488?s=20
Only if Pandya can survive both innings in a One day match without "Uh-Aah-Ouch" (Mari gayo), else let him play chota recharge (T20)
— Chirag Panchal (@hnmtradez) June 25, 2023
Yes, 9 months out of 12 our captain will be injured only. T20 is fine but Hardik for ODI is not such a wise choice..I doubt if he will even play ODI after 2023.
— Vats (@VatsMusings) June 24, 2023
Why after the 2023 World Cup? I guess india is ready to accept another debacle but not ready to fire non-performers and give opportunities to new young talents.
— Girish Shukla मोदी का परिवार (@ShuklaG2020) June 24, 2023
Even before the WC. Pregnant daddy Rohit Sharma needs a maternity leave. Woefully out of form in all formats, bulging waistline that can go around Marine Drive. Shame that an out of form, obese player wirh 0 commitment towards fitness in modern day 🏏 is still the captain.
— tweettrombone1 (@tweettrombone1) June 24, 2023
These ex-cricketers should've known by now, that the BCCI doesn't consider their opinions
— 𝘼𝙠𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙝 (@AkhileshTekade) June 24, 2023
Don’t want to create hype this time. When Rohit became skipper, there was so much of hype then Rahul Dravid became head coach again we create so much of hype but we always failed in icc tournaments.
If hardik take over captaincy, it’s fine. Don’t want to set expectations.
— 🇮🇳 MahiRat FanClub 🇮🇳 (@MahiRatFans) June 25, 2023
Rohit sharma be like pic.twitter.com/yax5BSYFTM
— Sarthak Tripathi (@Tsarthak_26) June 24, 2023
People hyping hardik just like they hyped Rohit
after 1 wc failure , they will bash him and will hype someone else for captaincy
The cycle will go on
The dream to win wc will never be achieved— Bateman | Ipl’s coming home era (@baldaati) June 25, 2023
