India beat South Africa in the T20 World Cup Finals at Barbados to seal a historic win under Rohit Sharma's captaincy. It broke the jinx of disappointments in ICC tournament knockouts for the Men in Blue. The team, throughout the tournament, didn't lose any game, the first one, thereby, to have captured the title of T20 World Cup without any loss. Indian fans are elated to the core over this special achievement. After this massive win, 36-year-old Rohit Sharma has decided to finally hang up his boots in the shorter format of the game and focus on ODIs and Tests. In the coming months, important WTC matches lie ahead, along with the ICC Champions Trophy in February 2025. With Rohit's retirement, India will seek another player to rise to the occasion and fill in the shoes of Hitman in this format. Who in particular could capture the opportunity as the next captain, leading the team in T20Is? Let's look through some possible candidates. {{GOOGLE_AD_1}} Possible successors to Rohit Sharma as captain in T20I cricket for India Hardik Pandya Hardik Pandya is the obvious and logical replacement for Rohit Sharma as captain. He currently serves as vice-captain of the team, and in the IPL, he leads the Mumbai Indians. He has been in leadership roles long enough. He was outstanding with bat and ball in the T20 World Cup—the fact that led to India's success in this mega event at the Barbados Rishabh Pant It had been over a year since his accident, but Rishabh Pant made sure that his return to cricket was nothing short of a sensation in the IPL, where he batted like old times and led Delhi Capitals. His fine shows in the tournament earned him a place as India's first-choice wicketkeeper in the T20 World Cup. While Pant started strongly, he appeared to lose steam towards the end of the tournament. The top contender, though, would be Hardik Pandya, along with him, for the mantle vacated by Rohit Sharma as the new T20I captain. Jasprit Bumrah Jasprit Bumrah was the outstanding performer for India in T20 World Cup 2024, whose fast bowling skills turned out to be the difference on many occasions as he turned things in India's favor from difficult positions. Though Bumrah is a fast bowler with immense potential, he doesn't have much experience handling captaincy duties and, at the moment, is considered more of an outside contender for the role. However, he will prove to be a strong contender sometime in the near future. Also Read | Who is the God of T20 Cricket? Discover the Legend! .