Now there is fierce competition between these 3 openers to replace Rohit, Sehwag has gone a step further and put his own stamp on the name.

Rohit Sharma’s Opening Option: With the T20 World Cup (T20 World Cup 2024) title win on Saturday, with the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, there is a huge void in the team. Certainly, replacing these stalwarts is not easy, but now someone has to be replaced at one end. There is no doubt that in T20s the onus will now be on lefty Yashaswi Jaiswal to score runs at one end, but at the other end there is competition between the three openers and all three are strong. The selectors have named all three openers in the Indian squad for the Zimbabwe series which starts soon.

Who will be the second opener?

The announced squad for the Zimbabwe tour reveals which players are in the running to become the next opener. Barring Jaiswal, these three batsmen are Shubman Gill, who was kept in the reserves for the World Cup, lefty Abhishek Sharma, who has impressed with his batting in the IPL, and Tamil Nadu and Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. Whether Sanju Samson can also be tried for opening is a question. However, Sehwag has given his decision.

Sehwag gave a solid reason behind his choice

Talking to a channel, Veeru said that I think with Rohit’s departure, India’s next T20 captain will not be Hardik Pandya or Jasprit Bumrah, but Zimbabwe tour captain Shubman Gill. And when Gill becomes the captain, it is clear that he will also replace Rohit as the opener. Artha, while predicting the second opener, Sehwag considered Gill as an option and a captain going forward as the next captain. Sehwag said that Gill will serve India for a long time. He is a player who plays in all three formats for the country. His last year was very good. He was unfortunate that he could not play the World Cup. I think making him captain will be the right decision. Gill will be his rightful place after Rohit’s departure.