Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has handed the role of captain to goalkeeper David Marshall.
The Scottish international will lead the Bluebirds against Norwich today, a speacial occasion against his former team.
"It's obviously a great honour to be captain," said Marshall.
"Huds has probably been one of the best if not the best captain the club has had, so to follow someone like that is a big honour," said the 12-times capped Scot.
"[He was my] roommate over the last three or four years. I wish him well and he was a great addition for Huddersfield."
On his commitment to Cardiff, (after speculation of a move away in the summer) Marshall said: "I was happy to remain here and try and get us back up to the Premier League."
Cardiff face seven games in the next 21 days before the next international break and the new skipper wnats to see his side in the top six at least before October's Euro 2016 qualifiers.
"We have enough strong characters out there. Gunnar [Aron Gunnarsson] is the captain of Iceland and Whitts [Peter Whittingham] is very experienced," reflected Marshall.
"We have got some though games - three games in a week. We have had a reasonable start without playing really, really well.
"We will definitely be looking to be in the top six minimum before we break up for the internationals again."