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\nDelhi’s senior-most player Gautam Gambhir has decided to step down from the state Ranji side’s captaincy and has told the team management to pick a younger player for the job, an official said Monday.<\/p>\n
“Gautam has intimated state team’s chief selector Amit Bhandari that he would like to opt out of captaincy. He has suggested that someone younger be groomed for the job,” a senior office-bearer of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association told PTI.<\/p>\n
The Delhi squad, for the first match scheduled on November 12, at the Feroz Shah Kotla will be named later on Monday.<\/p>\n
Gambhir was reinstated as captain at the start of the season and led Delhi to the Vijay Hazare finals and scored close to 500 runs in the National One-Dayers. It is learnt that Gambhir, who is now 37, decided against continuing at the helm as it is still not clear whether he will play all the four-day games this season.<\/p>\n
Gambhir’s decision to opt out of captaincy is also an indicator that he might not continue playing competitive cricket for a very long time.<\/p>\n
However, with no Shikhar Dhawan or Rishabh Pant, Gambhir’s experience will certainly be required.<\/p>\n
Gambhir, however, had a slump in form during the IPL and his return to Delhi Daredevils’ fold ended in a nightmare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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