Boland's numbers are ridiculous.. 8.6 jeezz
It is difficult to imagine anyone having a better debut than him. Unfortunately, he made his international debut a bit late.
He and Axar Patel are meme material for their country when playing against England.
Pant - He could be a good choice for long run. he's young, leading his franchise nicely and i think he proved his worth in Test team on countless occasion.
I agree that Rishab Pant could be the right choice for being new India Skipper and in long term perspective as well. Not sure about the who would be the choice for BCCI.
BCCI might tempted to go with Rohit or KL Rahul. Tough decision indeed.
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- Rohit - Captain material but 33 year old
- Rahane - He's great leader but his career is not safe anymore.
- KL Rahul - He seems first choice atm but Idk why, i didn't like his captaincy style so far (IPL and 2nd test).
- Shreyas could be great captain but he's only 1 test old in red ball so he's out of the contest as well. Same with Gill, Prithvi. They all are captain material but way too young,new or need to cement their position first.
- Bumrah - Idk if BCCI will follow CSA step (Choosing leading bowler as their captain)
- Pant - He could be a good choice for long run. he's young, leading his franchise nicely and i think he proved his worth in Test team on countless occasion.
To be very honest, the only sane option in my mind is between Rohit and Rahul, all others would be more of a temporary captain who might lead the side for a year but eventually you have to make someone else the captain, Pant I don't feel is responsible enough so far to be made captain, you want some more consistent performances from him and also some settled decisions in batting. Rahane would have been a very obvious choice before this SA series but now he obviously isn't in the options as board might consider dropping him from the squad as well.
Rohit is not long term option at all, he's already old and struggling with his fitness and injuries. I think we're about to revisit the era of Kumble-Dravid captaincy kinda period before finding any fixed captain for the next 5-6 years.
KL - Shreyas- Gill- Pant might contest for long term tenure. My personal choice would be Shreyas-Gill-Pant.
Pant does look immature sometimes which is frustrating at times but he's making habit of putting his foot down when team is in trouble. If you look at his all runs, 100s and 50s. They are not easy ones and shows immense potential. I strongly believe that he's yet to hit his peak as far as batting is concern.