India, May 23 -- India head coach Gautam Gambhir would prefer to have one captain for all formats because it is much easier to plan and strategise with one individual, but he also realises that in modern-day cricket, it is extremely difficult to expect one cricketer to play all formats right throughout the year, let alone captain the sides. Gambhir's remarks come at a time when India are days away from announcing their new Test captain. Gambhir is part of the decision-making process and for the first time, it is likely that India will officially have three different captains for Tests, ODIs and T20Is.

India have had the two-captain theory ever since MS Dhoni decided to quit Test cricket in 2014-15, but never in the past were there three ...