On the eve of the second Test against the West Indies in Adelaide, Warner made a startling announcement that he would be withdrawing from the procedure put in place by Cricket Australia after they rewrote their code of conduct to allow Warner to appeal the ban.
Pandya led Gujarat Titans to the 2022 IPL title in their debut season and displayed excellent captaincy skills. Rashid was a part of Gujarat Titans and has witnessed the all-rounder's qualities as a leader.
"Hardik Pandya obviously is in line," Gambhir said. "But that's going to be unfortunate for Rohit because I think judging his captaincy in only one ICC event is not the right way to probably judge him," opined Gautam Gambhir.
Last year and earlier this year, Nicholas Pooran led the West Indies in the absence of Kieron Pollard, enjoying a T20 International (T20I) Series win against Australia at home (4-1). He was officially appointed West Indies Men's white ball captain in May this year when Pollard stepped down.
On Monday Cricket Australia (CA) announced that they have opened the door for players and officials to have long-term sanctions modified following an amendment to their Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.
Under the previous code of conduct, players could not get the sanctions reviewed once they were accepted. They can be modified now. Warner was not eligible for captaincy in Australian cricket after the 2018 ball-tampering scandal resulted in him getting banned from holding a leadership posit
Following the World Cup in Australia, the selectors rested the senior players, leaving Hardik Pandya in charge of the Indian T20I team in New Zealand. Pandya took up the position for the first time in Ireland earlier this year after leading the IPL's inaugural Gujarat Titans to victory.
The Australian pacer has been handed the ODI captaincy after former captain Aaron Finch's retirement from the 50-over format and will look to build a formidable team with the ODI World Cup just a year away.