Gautam Gambhir picks Prithvi Shaw as future India captain

Former India cricketer Gautam Gambir has picked Mumbai and Delhi Capitals batter Prithvi Shaw as a future India captain in T20 cricket along with Hardik Pandya who recently led the national team in a series against New ZealandPandya who led Gujarat Titans to the IPL 2022 title is touted to take over from current skipper Rohit Sharma as captain of the national teamHe led India for the first time in T20Is on a tour of Ireland winning the series 20 Recently he led India to a 10 series win in the T20Is in New ZealandExperts feel Pandya is likely to take over the T20I side following Indias failure in the T20 World Cup losing to England in the semifinalHardik Pandya obviously is in line Gambhir said at an event organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce amp Industry FICCI here on Sunday But thats going to be unfortunate for Rohit because I think judging his captaincy in only one ICC event is not the right way to probably judge himThough Gambhirs comments regarding Hardik Pandya are not much surprising picking Shaw as a future captain raises eyebrows as the Mumbai batter has struggled to cement a permanent place in the various Indian squads since last yearAlso readHardik Pandya Attack is best defenceShaw made his Test debut in 2018 after leading India to the U19 World Cup title and has played only four Tests since Despite this Gambhir said he picked Shaw as captain because he feels that he would be a very aggressive captainPrithvi Shaw is one I feel can be a very aggressive captain a very successful captain because you see that aggression in the way a person plays the sport he said adding that reports of the offfield activities of the batter is for the coach to tackleThe reason Ive picked Prithvi Shaw I know a lot of people talk about his offfield activities but that is what the job of the coach and the selectors are Gambhir was quoted as saying in media reports of the event The selectors job isnt just to pick the 15 but also to get people to walk the right pathThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever