Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 – all groups set to have totally different captains from 2019

In what will likely be a primary if nothing adjustments within the subsequent few months, not a single captain from the earlier version of the lads’s ODI World Cup will lead a staff on the 2023 males’s ODI World Cup later this yr in India.

There have been retirements and adjustments on the high within the intervening interval, and Kane Williamson is prone to miss the 2023 occasion after the knee harm he sustained on the IPL. New Zealand had been the one staff to have the identical captain because the earlier version – Williamson was named Player of the Tournament in 2019 after main New Zealand to the ultimate and scoring 578 runs in 9 innings alongside the way in which.

While New Zealand are but to call a substitute, Tom Latham, who has led the aspect in Williamson’s absence various occasions, is likeliest to steer them. As such, it is doable that among the males main their groups in the meanwhile won’t be within the place by the point the World Cup comes round.

At the opposite groups which have certified immediately: Gulbadin Naib remains to be round, however Afghanistan have been led by Hashmatullah Shahidi for some time now; Australia are actually led by Pat Cummins, with Aaron Finch having retired from worldwide cricket; Bangladesh have Tamim Iqbal instead of Mashrafe Mortaza, who hasn’t performed internationally since March 2020; Eoin Morgan retired from worldwide cricket final yr after seven-and-a-half years as their white-ball captain, which included the 2019 World Cup trophy – Jos Buttler is in cost now; Rohit Sharma is India’s all-format captain, having taken over in ODIs after Virat Kohli was faraway from the place in late 2021; Babar Azam has been Pakistan’s captain in ODIs since May 2020, having changed Sarfaraz Ahmed.

Sri Lanka and West Indies, who had been within the ten-team most important occasion final time, must play the qualifiers this yr. But there are adjustments there too. Sri Lanka have Dasun Shanaka in cost, instead of Dimuth Karunaratne, whereas West Indies are led by Shai Hope now – Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran had led them after Jason Holder misplaced the highest job following a poor 2019 World Cup.

South Africa, too, haven’t certified for the primary occasion but – Ireland can nonetheless edge previous them in the event that they win all three matches in opposition to Bangladesh within the upcoming collection and enhance their web run-rate from -0.382 to -0.076 or higher. South Africa are actually led by Temba Bavuma, with Faf du Plessis out of the image in the meanwhile.