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New Delhi, May 12: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri believes there will be a lot of new faces in India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad with Hardik Pandya, the potential full-time captain, having a "big say" in selection matters.
Current captain Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli are still part of the T20 reckoning, but the phasing out process had started post the disappointing semi-final exit in last year's show-piece event in Australia.
Shastri cited the performances in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, where many young players have showcased their ability and will be in the mix to be picked for the T20 World Cup next year.
"I think they will (look in new direction). The T20 World Cup is coming up and there is lot of talent among youth. This year's IPL, we have seen some refreshing new talent. There will be new faces not a new team," Shastri told ESPN Cricinfo.
"He (Hardik) is already captain of India, so he will continue unless he is not fit," the former India all-rounder said that Hardik, who has already led the team in Rohit's absence will continue in the role as skipper.
Shastri feels that just like the 2007 World Cup, when India went with a relatively new team full of youngsters under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the same would happen in the upcoming tournament.
"Now they would go the 2007 T20 World Cup route and identify talent, and he (Hardik Pandya) will have big choice and his ideas will be different and he would have played IPL, and seen a lot of other players as captain of IPL," Shastri added.
"Obviously, he is the man who is going to take these guys out on the park, no one else, so whatever he says has to be given importance."
But Shastri also wants everyone to have priorities clear with the ODI World Cup being played later this year and much before the next T20 World Cup.
"Don't even think of T20 World Cup till ODI World Cup is over, and after that you have enough time for T20s," Shastri said ODI World Cup should be priority now.
As far as Hardik is concerned, Shastri finds him at his decision-making best when he is fit and leading from the front. The former head coach also believes the IPL no doubt will determine how India's T20 resources are stacked up next year.
"He is supremely confident about his own abilities and the fact that he is fit now, makes a massive difference," he said. "I believe one should be captain of his state in Ranji to captain in Test matches. Similarly IPL is your biggest domestic T20 tournament.
"It is a great (platform) to test temperament of a bloke against good opposition. Quality (compared to SMAT or Hazare) here is far better and you take all that into account and see who's leading which franchise and who's doing well."
(With PTI inputs)
