Sunil Gavaskar Feels Hardik Pandya Will Be Captain & Few Retirements Will Come Post T20 WC Exit

India suffered an embarrassing 10-wicket loss in the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final against England on Thursday (November 10).

After being sent in to bat by Jos Buttler, the Indian team could only manage to score 168 runs in their quota of 20 overs on a pitch that looked like a batting paradise.

Innings Break!

A blazing 63 off 33 from @hardikpandya7 & 50 off 40 from @imVkohli powers #TeamIndia to a total of 168/6.

Scorecard – https://t.co/ld3NCG5Kok #INDvENG #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/D0cgeBW6cQ

BCCI (@BCCI) November 10, 2022

When India were batting it looked like churning runs was rather tough but when England openers came out to bat, they put on a T20 batting masterclass to show the Men in Blue how to play fearlessly in knockout games.

After the match, former India Captain Sunil Gavaskar gave a no-nonsense verdict on Team India’s campaign in Australia and said that there might be a few retirements coming up shortly following this defeat.

England put on a Spectacular display to beat India by 10 wickets in the semi-finals #INDvENG Report #T20WorldCuphttps://t.co/hkKVWZYVQ9

T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) November 10, 2022

Gavaskar also said that Hardik Pandya is likely to take over as the Captain in the shortest format of the game as he had proven himself as a leader by winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) title in his first year as a captain.

Having won the Indian Premier League on his first assignment as the captain, they would have marked Hardik Pandya out as the next captain. Hardik Pandya will definitely take over the team in the future and there will be some retirements, you never know, Gavaskar said in the post-match show on Star Sports.

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The Emotions

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MOO D in the @gujarat_titans camp after the main IPL triumph. #TATAIPL | #GTvRR pic.twitter.com/Y2D7pGyoEm

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The legendary cricketer further emphasized his point and mentioned how most of the players are in their mid-30s and he is not sure how long they will continue to play in this format.

Players will be giving it a lot of thought. There are several players in their mid-30s who will be reconsidering their position in the Indian T20I team, Gavaskar added.

Fans too sided with Gavaskar’s assessment of Team India’s journey in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022.

No question on Rohit and Rahul’s form

Or is vadapav captaincy

Opinions were different for Kohli https://t.co/WHkhRSAs7q

SANA ~SurVir (@merimarziidiot) November 10, 2022

He is right. Some T20I Careers are done tonight. https://t.co/XCinVLitOy

IPL 2022 (@iplthebest) November 10, 2022

Shaw-Gill should be our opening pair but klr is VC fgs https://t.co/DMrMiF64bS

VM (@villeneuve_stan) November 10, 2022

Absolutely none of them are going to announce retirement Apart from Dinesh Karthik maybe.

T-20 Cricket is a gold mine in Todays time and every Indian cricketer will like to continue playing it until and unless they are kicked out by the selectors https://t.co/TjJeH5WEi8

Anmol Abhinav (@k_a_r_a_n_9) November 10, 2022

The next T20 World Cup will be played in 2024 and with too many players nearing 40 by then, the inevitable retirement might just be around the corner for a few from the current Indian squad.