A new era is going to begin in Indian cricket. According to reports, Rohit Sharma can be removed from the captaincy of the ODI team. Rohit Sharma has already announced his retirement from Test and T20 format. It is now believed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is also looking for a new captain for the ODI team.

The first name comes in this race of Shubman Gill, who is currently the vice -captain of the ODI team. He has also been given the command of the Test team recently, which seemed that he would become the natural successor of Rohit Sharma. But BCCI can now trust another experienced and strategic captain.

This player will get captaincy after Rohit Sharma:

Shreyas Iyer has impressed everyone with his captaincy in the last two years. In IPL 2024, he gave the title to Kolkata Knight Riders, while in IPL 2025 he took Punjab Kings to the finals after 11 years.

The understanding of his captaincy and strategic decisions on the field make him a strong leader. Not only this, in domestic cricket, he has given many titles to his teams, so that the depth of their leadership quality can be gauged.

Shreyas Iyer is in very good form

Iyer is also consistently performing brilliantly with the bat. In IPL 2025, he played important innings for Punjab Kings. This season he was the highest run -scorer for Punjab Kings. In addition, he was the highest run -scorer for India at the recently concluded Champions Trophy 2025.

In the race for captaincy

Recently a report claimed that Shreyas Iyer is considered a strong contender for the captaincy of the Indian team in ODIs and T20s. In both these formats, he is in very good form and after the IPL, the discussion of making him captain has become very fast.

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