KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Hardik Pandya and Shikhar Dhawan are leading the race to lead Team India against South Africa and Ireland
- Dhawan led the Men in Blue on the Sri Lanka tour in 2021
- Pandya has impressed one and all with his captaincy skills in IPL
Pandya-led Gujarat Titans (GT) has registered 9 wins from 12 matches and was the first team to qualify for the playoffs. The IPL debutants have a strong chance of finishing in the top 2. Pandya, who is now playing as a specialist batsman, is likely to be part of the leadership group.
As for Dhawan, the senior batsman captained a second-string Team India in the white-ball series against Sri Lanka last year. The members of the Test team were in England and Dhawan was given the opportunity to make his captaincy debut. While he isn’t the captain of Punjab Kings, Dhawan is part of the leadership group and led them against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mayank Agarwal missed that fixture due to an injury.
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Pandya has never been part of the leadership group at the highest level. Though he led India A in a practice game against Australia in 2017. It remains to be seen if the selection committee backs Dhawan or picks Pandya ahead of him.
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Team India is scheduled to host South Africa in 5 T20Is from June 9 to 19. Ireland are scheduled to host India in two T20Is on June 26 and 28.
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