Team India have seen 7 different players leading the side across three formats in last 7 months.
While Kohli led the Test side in South Africa, KL Rahul captained the team in the longest format and ODIs on the same tour.
On the other hand, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya led India in T20Is against South Africa and Ireland respectively whereas Jasprit Bumrah got the opportunity to captain the country in the recently held Edgbaston Test versus England.
With Shikhar Dhawan set to lead India in the upcoming ODI series against West Indies, the number will go up to 7 and it is certainly not an ideal situation.
Speaking to PTI, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly shared his two cents on captaincy musical chairs in Indian cricket, saying that such a situation arose owing to factors that were beyond anyone's control.
“I fully agree that it is not ideal to have seven different captains in such a short span of time but it has happened because of unavoidable situation. Like Rohit was all set to lead in South Africa in white ball but before the tour, got injured. So we had KL (Rahul) leading in ODIs and then for this recent SA home series, KL got injured one day before the series would start,” Ganguly said.
The BCCI chief also feels for head coach Rahul Dravid, who has had to work under so many different captains in his short stint so far.
“In England, Rohit was playing the warm-up game when he had COVID-19. No one is at fault for these situations. The calender is such that we have had to give players breaks and then there have been injuries and we need to factor in workload management also. You got to feel for head coach Rahul (Dravid) as in every series, due to unavoidable circumstances, we have had new captains,” he added.
(With PTI inputs)