For years, Hardik Pandya has been spoken as a natural successor Rohit Sharma in Indian Indian assembly of a white ball. The dynamic versatile ability to change games with a bat or a ball and a captain who has already pointed to success to success, Pandy seemed to be taken over. But for the fact that things are, his ambitions were stopped.
The selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar is to announce the group for the Asia Cup 19 or 20 August, depending on when the team of sports science in the center of Excellency presents its medical bulletin. This report will include a fitness update to Suryakumar Yadav, which has already continued to launch on BENGALUR networks. The selection will include several fine calls, but the mood in the camp is to stick to continuity-politics, which has served well since Suryakumar became a full-time T20i captain.
When Suryakumar took the reins in Sri Lanka for the first time last year, SHUBMAN GILL was appointed more captain. In the recent domestic series against England, the role of Axar Patel, who was also a representative in the earlier series. Pandya, despite his record, was nowhere within the management.
Absence in the lead of the role
This absence is remarkable. Pandy with the success of Captain India in T20is and left a strong imprint on the IPL. He led the Gujarat Titans to the title in their debut season in 2022 and took them to the finals in 2023. For many, it was obvious to be the next Indian captain T20i after the Caribbean World Championship. However, selectors Went with Suryakumar and pointed to persistent doubts about Pandy’s fitness. The captain, as they decided, must be available for every game, not only when the body allows it. Hardik was the vice president of the Indian team during the World Cup T20 2024 (courtesy: PTI)
Suryakumar was a benefit and gained praise for his ability to get the best of mercury talents like Sanju Samson. Nevertheless, the debate moved from the captain to the vice-chairman of the Pandya was again overlooked. The appointment of Axar Patel is not a reflection of his own merit; Delhi Capitals Skipper in IPL 2025 was a permanent artist in all formats. However, it strengthens that Panddy’s leads slipped.
Suryakumar, when he asked, said Pandya remained “firmly in the guide group”. This was the case during the World Cup T20 2024, when Pandy was more captain. However, the landscape moved when Gautam Gambhir replaced Rahula David as the head coach. Surya became a captain and Gill was promoted to the vice -chairman. According to the PTI report, Gambhir’s arrival, Pandy’s chances were borne by the chance, and the panel led by Agarkar was also not sure that his tactical nous as an international captain.
What makes Pandy more difficult for the current situation is that his performances in big matches were something other than missing. In the World Cup final he held his nerves in the final breaks and created an explosion that turned the competition. As a captain he has 10 victories in the T20i. In IPL, he watched two remarkable years with Gujarat by taking over the Indians in Mumbai in 2025 and led them third in his second season after replacing Rohit Sharma.
Gill’s growing supplies
Meantime, Gill’s shares management is growing rapidly. He recently led India to draw a 2-2 test series against England and ended up as the highest running shooter on both sides. Last year, he was also vice president in both white ball formats during a tour in Sri Lanka and after the World Championship he led India to victory of the 4-1 T20i series in Zimbabwe.
The former Devang Gandhi selector went so far that he would say that Gill should be the Indian captain of all formats quoted by the precedent, which was determined by Mrs. Dhoni, under which Virt Kohli and Rohit Sharma flourished.
“Gill has built an aura similar to what a virat had in 2017,” Gandhi The Tech Word News said. “He responded to the captain and virat.
Gandhi also claimed that ICC Indian trophies have been under the captains of all formats since 2000, a sign that the division of leadership rarely works here.
“Unlike other countries, in India, you want stability in the thought process,” he said. “Gill checked all the boxes like a dough and led in IPL,” Gandhi said.
Hardik’s inspection of ambitions
It is a heavy pill for Pandyu to swallow. He is only 30, still in his main condition and has built a career in resistance – from growing on the edge of the elite cricket road to the necessary in IPL. But repeated dreams leave a brand. He turns to the confidence that he is coming back. Hardik continues to be a key player for India in white ball formats (with permission: PTI)
Ironically, the Indian T20i still needs it. Power-Hitter that can complete the games, a pitch that can take key goals and a higher figure in a dressing room that gives respect. Names and signs aside, its influence is no doubt. But without a vice-capan or clear path of leaders, his role is more likely to move to the role of a higher professional than to a designated leader.
Meanwhile, Pandy has to focus on his cricket – to build on a form that he has shown with a bat and the ball at the T20 World Cup and believe that the show can reopen the door. He was already written off and found his way back. Yet each obstacle causes a steep climb. How long he still absorbs punches without letting them duplicate his edge is the question that time will be time to answer.
Captain dreams are not easily abandoned, especially for someone who lived at franchise and international level. But in the current vision of the Indian cricket, Pandy is a player who wants in XI, not necessarily in the Captain’s chair. Whether the changes in the next cycle will depend as well as its fitness and form as the willingness of the selector to revise their plans.
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Published on:
August 15, 2025
