The legendary Sunil Gavaskar expects few senior gamers to announce their retirements following India’s humiliating 10-wicket loss towards England within the T20 World Cup semifinals right here on Thursday.

Gavaskar additionally feels all-rounder Hardik Pandya will take over the reins of captaincy as soon as Rohit Sharma steps down.

”Having gained the Indian Premier League on his first task because the captain, they might have marked Hardik Pandya out as the subsequent captain,” the previous India captain mentioned on Star Sports.

”Hardik Pandya will certainly take over the workforce sooner or later and there will likely be some retirements, you by no means know. Players will likely be giving it quite a lot of thought.

”There are a number of gamers of their mid-30s who will likely be reconsidering their place within the Indian T20I workforce.” England hammered India by 10 wickets with Alex Hales and Jos Buttler placing commanding half-centuries.

While Virat Kohli has been the best scorer on this World Cup, it has been a disappointing outing for different senior gamers similar to skipper Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin and Dinesh karthik, who’re of their mid 30s.

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