"The Ideal Time...": Mithali Raj's Straight Verdict On Captaincy Change After Women's T20 WC Poor Show

16.10.2024 - 14:49 sports.ndtv.com

Former India captain Mithali Raj has made an interesting comment on whether Indian women's cricket team needs a change in captaincy after their Women's T20 World Cup exit from the group stage.

It was first time under Harmanpreet Kaur's long captaincy tenure that India failed to qualify for the knock-outs of the ICC mega event, extending the team's title-less run in world events and putting serious questions over her future in the team as captain.

Mithali Raj was asked, "Harmanpreet Kaur has captained India in T20 World Cups since 2018 but the results have not come. Should the selectors move on from her and appoint someone younger." "It's up to BCCI and the selectors to take a call but If they are looking to change this would be the ideal time because if you delay more then we have another World Cup on the horizon (two years) .

If you are not doing now, then don't do it later. Then it is too close to the World Cup. Smriti is there of course and can be a choice to consider for the selectors (has been vice-captain for long) but I personally think someone like Jemimah, she's 24, she's young, she will serve you longer in the T20's and she's someone who I feel on the field gets that energy.

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