IND vs WI LIVE: India vs WestIndies ODI Series: They say Records define a team. However, team India on all set to register an unwanted World Record which will surely dismay a lot of Indian cricket fans. Shikhar Dhawan is set to become India’s 7th captain in the calendar year, thereby matching Sri Lanka’s awful record set in 2017. After the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, and others, Shikhar Dhawan will become the 7th player to captain India in 2022. Follow India vs West Indies and India Tour of West Indies Live Updates on InsideSport.IN
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The Men in Blue will be leading from the front by Shikhar Dhawan as India takes on West Indies in the upcoming three-match ODI series. With the humping merry-go-round in terms of captaincy under the Rahul Dravid era, Dhawan will be the 8th captain to represent India since Rahul Dravid took over the reins of the Indian cricket team. Sri Lanka too had 7 captains in the year 2017 in International cricket.
India’s 7 Cpatians in 2022 Calendar year:-
1. Rohit Sharma – India vs Sri Lanka, India vs West Indies, India tour of England
2. KL Rahul – India tour of South Africa
3. Virat Kohli – India tour of South Africa
4. Rishabh Pant – India vs South Africa
5. Hardik Pandya – India tour of Ireland
6. Jasprit Bumrah – India tour of England
7. Shikhar Dhawan – India tour of West Indies
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India’s first assignment in 2022 was the tour of South Africa. KL Rahul captained India with Rohit and Kolhi both being injured. Kohli gave away his captaincy following the Test series loss. Rahul went on to captain the rest of the series with Rohit being unavailable. Back in India, Rohit Sharma captained his side against West Indies and Sri Lanka where the Men in Blue routed their opponents.
After the IPL, Rishabh Pantcaptained India in the 5-match T20I series with Rahul being injured. As India traveled to Ireland for a short 2-T20I series, it was Hardik Pandya who took the responsibility of leading the squad. Back in England, With Rohit Sharma contracting covid, Jasprit Bumrah stepped up to captain the team.
In the limited over games against England, Rohit Sharma led his side to a dominating series win but has been rested for the tour against West Indies. In the Caribbeans, Shikhar Dhawan is set to become India’s 7th captain in the 2022 calendar year.
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7 Captains of Sri Lanka in 2017
India’s leadership shuffle is only the second time that an international men’s team has had seven captains in a calendar year. The first instance was Sri Lanka, five years ago, during a particularly chaotic period for the side.
2017 was a tumultuous yea, particularly for Sri Lanka cricket. Skipper Angelo Mathews led his side against South Africa in 2 Test and 2T20I games before picking up an injury. Ruled out with a hamstring injury for 5 months, Dinesh Chandimal captained the Lankan side for the last T20I where Sri Lanka won the series. In the upcoming five-match ODI series, Upul Tharanga was selected to be the skipper of the squad.
As Tharanga continued to captain the side in limited format Rangana Herath was selected to captain the Test squad. Following the latter’s suspension, Mathews returned for his injury. however, Mathews too gave away the captaincy after Sri Lanka lost a home series to Zimbabwe.
Chandimal was selected as the Test captain while Tharanga was selected to captain the team in the limited formats of the game.
Lasith Malinga and Chamara Kapugedera then went on to captain Sri Lanka in a couple of ODI matches. Later Thisara Perera became the 7th captain of the squad after quite a few first-team players expressed their displeasure to play the third T20I game against Pakistan scheduled to be played at Lahore.
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