Hardik Pandya 'more than happy' to captain India again in the future

After captaining India to a mammoth 88run victory over West Indies in the fifth and final T20I allrounder Hardik Pandya stated that he is open to a fulltime leadership role in the national side in futurePandya had captained Gujarat Titans to IPL 2022 title in their maiden appearance in the league and also led India to 20 T20I series win over Ireland in JuneYeah why not If I get an opportunity in the future Ill be more than happy to do that but right now we have the World Cup and we have the Asia Cup starting from August 27 Were going to focus on that and make sure as a team what were doing we continue with that and make sure that all the skillsets which we are learning we can keep getting better at it and at the same point of time enjoy the game as wellVery special to get a chance to lead your country And getting that chance and getting that victory means a lot to me as captain and an individual I was just following our captains roles said Pandya after the matchDespite regulars like skipper Rohit Sharma wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and batter Suryakumar Yadav being rested from Sundays match India still made 188 and bowled out West Indies for just 100 Pandya felt that players expressing themselves and team management giving them freedom is working wonders for IndiaI think the kind of talent that all the players have and the kind of freedom were getting now This is the new India with the way theyre playing I can see a lot of people playing with freedom I can see a lot of people expressing themselves and not worrying about the result which makes us more dangerous as a group When you dont have anything to lose you kind of go out there and do something specialAlso Read CWG 2022 Cricket Covid19 drama no excuse for Harmanpreet Kaur and IndiaThe credit goes to the management and the guys and the whole group to kind of make sure we create the environment where the players go and kind of enjoy and make sure theyre just giving their best without being worried about whether theyre going to get picked or dropped That adds more value and makes us more dangerousSundays game was also the first time spinners clinched all ten wickets in a mens T20I match Leftarm spin allrounder Axar Patel took first three wickets while legspinner Ravi Bishnoi scalped four wickets and leftarm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav had three wickets against his nameI wanted to make sure I gave Axar the new ball and I wanted him to kind of get the confidence back and bowl some tight overs At the same point in time I know the kind of bowler he is When he bowls a couple of tight overs he creates chances and the wristspinners have some weapons where the batters kind of find them difficult to pickSo it was not preplanned but obviously the wicket and the batters showed us that spin is going to be a big factor They kept taking wickets I didnt have to do much I just had to hand over the ball and let them enjoy stated PandyaPandya signed off by saying that India are ready for their upcoming assignments including Asia Cup and T20 World Cup Its just about how we can keep getting better I think preparationwise or the environmentwise we are 10037 ready but in this sport I feel you dont stop learningSo for us yes we are ready but at the same time if we make sure we keep learning and make sure whenever the opportunity comes we rise to the occasion and enjoy as many games we can win for the country