Cricket News Desk. Cricket fans and experts are speculating on who will become the ODI captain of the Indian cricket team after Rohit Sharma. Many experts and former players have given their opinion on who will be the next captain of the Indian team. Some people believe that Shubman Gill can be made the next captain, while some people are of the opinion that someone else can be made captain.

On one hand, the captaincy contenders are Shubman Gill, who are young, their performance looks great in all formats. He is considered the captain of all future formats. Shubman recently captained the team during the England Test series, while now in the Asia Cup 2025, Shubman is also handling the responsibility of the vice-captain in T20I.

Ambati Rayudu said, they should become captain
However, on India’s next ODI captain, veteran cricketer Ambati Rayudu believes that Shreyas Iyer should be the next captain of the Indian ODI team. Former Indian player Rayudu has praised Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy. He believes that Shreyas Iyer has patience as a captain and he has the best leadership of the team.

In response to a question asked on a YouTube podcast about the next captain, he said, “I think Shreyas Iyer should be made ODI captain. He is a calm player. He has made KKR a champion. And the way he has led the young Punjab team, he was not giving him a chance.

World’s number 1 batsman

Please tell that Shubman Gill’s performance is quite good at this time. He is currently the world’s number 1 batsman in ODI cricket. Gill has played 55 ODIs for India so far, scoring 2775 runs at an average of 59.04. He has so far scored 15 half -centuries and 8 centuries in ODIs.

Shreyas is also fantastic
On the other hand, Iyer’s performance is also fantastic. He has scored 2845 runs in 70 ODIs, including 5 centuries and 22 half -centuries. His average is 48.22. He also performed brilliantly in the 2023 World Cup and scored 530 runs in 11 matches.