Not KL Rahul Or Jasprit Bumrah: Ex-India Star Names Two 'All-Format Captain' Choices

09.09.2024 - 13:43 sports.ndtv.com

Former Indian cricket team wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik snubbed both Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul while picking the top choices for cricketers who can succeed Rohit Sharma as the 'all-format captain'.

Instead, he opted for the two youngsters - Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant - as his options. Rohit remains the ODI and Test captain but following his retirement from the shortest format of the sport, Suryakumar Yadav piped Hardik Pandya to become the T20I captain.

However, BCCI traditionally prefers to have an all-format captain and Karthik gave his reasons behind picking the two stars. “Two players come straight into my mind who are young, who have the potential, and definitely can lead India in all the formats shortly.

One Rishabh Pant, two Shubman Gill. Both of them are captains of IPL teams and have captained India. I do think in time, they have the chance to become the all-format captain for India as well,” said Karthik on the 'HEY CB with DK' show on Cricbuzz.

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