Together, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni have nine titles as captains collectively in the 15 years of the Indian Premier League, a record, which highlights why these two legends have been at the top of the pile when it comes to captaincy and leadership
Bavuma already is the captain of the national side for the ODI format and will take over the reins of the red-ball team from Dean Elgar. However, the 32-year-old has relinquished the T20I captaincy.
Rashid Khan will lead the Afghanistan squad for the three-match T20I series against UAE. Mohammad Nabi, who stepped down from captaincy after the T20 World Cup, has been left out.
The chairman of the BCCI's national selection committee Chetan Sharma landed in a major soup after he disclosed behind-the-scenes talks regarding team selection and also made startling revelations on star batter skipper Viral Kohli's alleged feud with former Board president Sourav Ganguly
It has not been ruled out that such a challenge may fragment the Pakistan captaincy across formats, depriving Babar Azam of some of the authority he presently has as an all-format captain.