INDIA WILL BE LOOKING FOR A SOLID CAPTAIN FOR FUTURE IN IPL 2022: RAVI SHASTRI

Ravi Shastri has said that the BCCI is closely monitoring the IPL matches regarding the appointment of a new captain for the Indian team.

Virat Kohli has recently stepped down as captain of the Indian cricket team. Following this, Rohit Sharma has been appointed as the new captain. The Indian team led by him has been winning matches in the recent cricket series.

But now that Rohit Sharma is older, the talk of the next captain has just begun. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has opened up on this.

"Virat is not being captain anymore, but Rohit has also been outstanding especially in white ball. India will be looking at who will be captaining the team (in future) -- there is Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul," Ravi said.

He continued, "India will be looking for a solid captain for the future and here is the opportunity. That is the beauty of the IPL, last IPL we saw Venkatesh Iyer, no one had heard of him and by the time it got over he was in Indian team. So you expect the unexpected.The whole county would be very closely watching Hardik Pandya in the IPL, we all know what he is capable of. Like Hardik there will be a lot of other players who are knocking at the doors of the Indian team.One think I can say is that they would be watching the fast bowling department more than anything else as they are going to Australia in four months' times after the IPL. I would rather focus on players who have been just given the opportunity and how they do in IPL.... Now it will be important to see how these players perform in the IPL and strengthen their positions."