Chris Gayle:
One of the most experienced T20 player across the world and the highest run-getter in the shortest format of the game, the big Jamaican has got the charisma to lead a side.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore opener is only 63 runs short of becoming the first-ever batsman to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.
The big-hitting southpaw, who led West Indies between 2007 and 2010, has almost all the records a batsman would like to hold in T20 — most centuries (18) half-centuries (60), sixes (732) and fours (759), from 286 matches. So there is absolutely no doubt that he has the credentials to lead the last year’s runners-up.
Moreover, his captaincy record in recent times can also compel the team management to consider him seriously. He led Jamaica Tallawahs to two Caribbean Premier League (CPL) titles and, so he remains a strong contender to don the captain’s armband.