Come April and we shall witness some blazing cricket. The euphoria of ICC World Cup would have been over in March and the stage set for the biggest 20 overs extravaganza. TEN teams will rub shoulders with each other over seventy four matches to win the championship.
Most of the players in any team would be from India. Therefore, one wonders whether the captain also should be an Indian player or someone from another country.
The T20 format matches are fast and compel players to play improvised shots in a bid to score quick runs. Players take some time, as the tournament progresses, to understand each other’s game, habits and capabilities to combine and perform well as a team.
There are no hard and fast rules for selecting a captain. A player (preferably with international experience as a captain) with personal achievements and records in T20 matches would be a good choice. In case a few ex captains are in a team, then, country does not matter and the player with repute and better leadership and motivational qualities should be an obvious choice as a captain.
Veterans should also be considered for captaincy as they have tremendous experience which would come handy in dressing room talks and in stressful situations in the field.
Selecting an in form player purely on the basis of his run scoring abilities would be a great folly because a captain has much more to do than just score runs.
What are your views and suggestions on this issue of captaincy please?
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