The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the All India Senior Selection Comittee has today announced the Indian team’s squad for the upcoming West Indies ODI series. However, fans were quite surprised to see Shikhar Dhawan as captain, the 7th India captain in the year 2022.
After the Indian cricket team’s assignment in England concludes, the Men in Blue will then travel to the Caribbean Islands to play 3 match ODI and as many T20I match series.
Today, the BCCI and the selection committee has announced the Indian team’s squad for the ODI series against Carribbeans. And surprisingly, opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan has named captain while Ravindra Jadeja will be serving as his deputy where all the senior members of the team has been rested. The squad is as follows:
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
However, after the squad announcement, fans were quite surprised to see 7th different captain in 2022 for the Indian team across all formats.
#TeamIndia ODI squad:
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh— BCCI (@BCCI) July 6, 2022Advertisement
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Shikhar Dhawan
8 captains in 7 months for Team India under Rahul Dravid.!Almost every captain in every different series.!
Shikhar Dhawan is the new captain now.
— Abhishek ︎ (@ImAbhishek7_) July 6, 2022
The way it's going i see Avesh Khan becoming captain by September
Shikhar Dhawan going to be captain against West Indies in ODIs series
— Robin Saroy (@RobinSaroy2002) July 6, 2022
One more captain 😭😭
oh Wow! @SDhawan25 is suddenly #TeamIndia captain for West Indies ODI series. One day out of squad, one day skipper. Case of extremes for our dear opener. @imjadeja joins the list of evergrowing Indian team vice-captains. #BCCI
— G. S. Vivek (@GSV1980) July 6, 2022
BCCI giving Captaincy be like – pic.twitter.com/scnYUObXt5
— Guddu pandit 🥚 (@vkholic18) July 6, 2022
A new tour, A new captain for Team India. Shikhar Dhawan this time, their 7th captain since July 2021.
— S A A D 🇵🇰 (@SaadSays22) July 6, 2022