The Indian team has a tough task on their hands as they need to find the replacements of both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the T20I format. With the two giants of Indian cricket retiring from the shortest format of the game, the window of opportunity opened for the youngsters to establish themselves in the Indian team. The transition phase began with the T20I series against Zimbabwe under young Shubman Gill’s leadership.
Former Zimbabwe cricketer, Hamilton Masakadza believes that replacing the likes of Kohli and Rohit won’t be that tough as Team India has a large pool of talent.
“It is a big void, difficult to replace such players. But then again, with India, the pool of players is so wide and there’s so much talent there. I’m sure India won’t struggle to find players to replace them,” Masakadza told the Times of India.
Masakadza also named the two young Indian batsman, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who have the talent and skill to be the perfect replacements for Kohli and Rohit.
“I’m really looking forward to watching the growth and improvement, especially of Shubman Gill. I’ve watched a little bit of him in all three formats and I really love what I’ve seen. He’s one player who can really step up to replace the guys who are leaving. Yashasvi as well. He started off brilliantly in his international career,” he added.
