Kohli stunned the cricket fraternity by quitting Test captaincy on Saturday night, a day after shedding the Test sequence in South Africa 1-2 to attract the curtains on a profitable seven-year reign. Gavaskar mentioned he most well-liked Pant as he’s an automated alternative for selectors throughout all codecs of the sport.
“It’s going to be quite a debate as far as the selection committee is concerned as to who should be taking Indian cricket forward. First of all, it should be someone who is an automatic pick across all formats of the game. Once that happens, it will be a lot easier,” Gavaskar informed India Today.
“If you ask me, I’m nonetheless staying, I might have a look at Rishabh Pant as subsequent India captain. “For one cause solely, similar to Rohit Sharma was given the captaincy of Mumbai Indians when Ricky Ponting stepped down, have a look at the change in his batting after that. Suddenly the duty of being captain made him convert these stunning cameos of 30s, 40s and 50s into a whole lot, 150s and 200s.
“I think that sense of responsibility given to Rishabh Pant will help him score many more of that wonderful hundred he scored at Newlands,” he added. Further explaining the rationale behind his choose, Gavaskar cited the instance of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who achieved nice success after taking on the captaincy at a really younger age.
“Yes, I am saying that. Tiger Pataudi was captain at the age of 21 under adverse circumstances when Nari Contractor was injured. Look what he did after that. He took to captaincy like duck to water. “I think what we have seen with Rishabh Pant as the captain of Delhi Capitals in the IPL, I do believe he has the capability of taking Indian cricket forward and making it a very exciting team to watch,” he mentioned.
Limited-overs skipper Rohit Sharma has emerged because the front-runner to take over Test captaincy from Kohli though he was not a part of the South Africa sequence because of an harm. Rohit was not too long ago made Test vice-captain, changing Ajinkya Rahane. In Rohit’s absence, KL Rahul was Kohli’s deputy in South Africa.
