For the next Asia Cup 2022 and T20 World Cup contests, the famed Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya may serve as the Men in Blue’s vice-captain.
According to BCCI insiders, Pandya might replace KL Rahul, who recently tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to miss a five-match T20I series against the West Indies that he was scheduled to play in.
Prior to this, Rahul underwent surgery to cure a groyne injury he had sustained just before the home T20I series against South Africa in June. After his operation, he continued his training at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
The vice-captaincy is being discussed by management among several candidates. We’ve had good luck with Hardik Pandya in the past, so he could be the candidate. Under his direction, the Gujarat Titans won the IPL 2022 championship. In the matches against South Africa and England, he displayed outstanding performances. According to sources speaking to ANI, “We want to name an all-rounder for this role and given the current situation, Hardik merits this post.
After star batsman Virat Kohli resigned from the T20I captaincy following the T20 World Cup in November of last year and was replaced as the ODI team skipper the following month by Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul was chosen as India’s vice-captain in both white-ball formats.
In December 2021, Rohit Sharma, India’s then-test vice-captain, was forced to withdraw from the series due to injury, therefore he was made vice-captain of the Test team.
KL Rahul played his final white-ball game for India at home against the West Indies in February 2022 and scored 49 runs.