- Thursday, March 13, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIA white-ball opener Shikhar Dhawan was on Wednesday (6) named as the captain of the Team India squad for the three-match away one-day international series against the West Indies starting July 22. Regular captain Rohit Sharma and senior players such as Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant have been rested for the series.
The 36-year-old southpaw, who led India in three one-day internationals in Sri Lanka last year and bagged the series 2-1, last played in a 50-over match in February. He was chosen as the captain of the side after senior players were in England to play a Test series. Current Team India coach Rahul Dravid served as the coach of the squad that Dhawan led in the island-nation.
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Dhawan is set to have Ruturaj Gaikwad as his possible opening partner while the 16-member squad also has Shubman Gill who has been picked for the 50-over format since the tour of Australia in 2020.
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Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson have been picked as two wicket-keeper-batters in the side.
Arshdeep Singh, the left-arm pacer who has been picked in a full-strength squad for the England one-day internationals later this month, has been retained along with Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur.
Ravindra Jadeja, who will be Dhawan’s deputy, will be assisted by Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel and Deepak Hooda as the spinners in the squad.
Dhawan is the latest man to captain an Indian side after Pant led the Men in Blue in a home T20 interntioanl series against South Africa, Pandya who led in two T20 internationals against Ireland and Bumrah who was in charge of the Indian Test team in the just concluded fifth Test match against England. Earlier in the year, KL Rahul captained the national side in a Test match and the one-day series in South Africa after Virat Kohli, who led India in the first and third Test, stepped down from captaincy after the Test series.
Twitter was flooded with funny reactions over Dhawan becoming the India captain for yet another international series. Here are some posts:
Shikhar Dhawan is the new captain now.
The way it's going i see Avesh Khan becoming captain by September— Abhishek ︎ (@ImAbhishek7_) July 6, 2022
Add Shikhar Dhawan too now? pic.twitter.com/YMK19EoffT
— ? (@_nikkhhil) July 6, 2022
Shikhar Dhawan Will Lead India Against West Indies!#Cricket #IPL #IndianCricket #TeamIndia #INDVWI #ShikharDhawan pic.twitter.com/4IFhA8o05o
— CRICKETNMORE (@cricketnmore) July 6, 2022
#ShikharDhawan to be ODI captain against West Indies
Le Ganguly: pic.twitter.com/KKO0v79PtZ
— Jagruti (@JagrutiPotphode) July 6, 2022
Another new captain, Shikhar Dhawan will be leading Indian ODI team against West Indies this month while we have a World Cup scheduled next year.
Meet the Destroyer in chief of Indian Cricket Team. pic.twitter.com/6lFe9gj6g3
— N Murali Krishna (@YoYoNmk) July 6, 2022
Congrats Shikhar Dhawan! ???
7th Indian captain in last 6 months!
Cheers to the ChuCCI and Tochan Sharma for bringing down Indian cricket team into Sri Lanka and Pakistan level ! ??Proper, proper NEW ERA this. ?? https://t.co/Boha9Jh4oS pic.twitter.com/lZ4osrRCLz
— ??????? ???????? (@SaurabhTripathS) July 6, 2022
