As per the reports and a strong rumor which is flooded that Suryakumar Yadav is the top contender for the role of India’s new t20 captain since Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from the T20 soon after winning the T20 international World Cup 2024 which was held in the USA and West Indies in June 2024 Rohit Sharma had taken the captaincy command after Virat Kohli had stepped down from his captaincy role after 2021 Rohit Sharma captained India for 2 T20 world cup one in 2022 which was held in Australia and India reached Semi-Finals losing it against England and then in 2024 in USA and West Indies in which Indian successfully claimed the trophy.
Rohit Sharma was also a successful IPL captain while playing for the franchise of Mumbai Indians in which the Mumbai Indians won 5 Indian Premier League titles.
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Expected Hardik Pandya to lead.
Since the time Rohit Sharma left the captaincy, there was a strong buzz that Hardik Pandya would be the next T20 international for team India also Hardik Pandya was selected as the vice-captain and played a huge role, especially the important wickets he took of Henrick Klassen, and David Miller of South Africa in the finals of the World Cup 2024.
Also in the previous T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia KL Rahul was given the role of vice-captain but he was not selected for the squad for the World Cup 2024 so there was a clear indication that Hardik Pandya will lead the T20 side Hardik has captained 3 seasons of the Indian Premier League 2 for the Gujarat Titans and one for Mumbai Indians in which he led the team of Gujarat Titans towards victory in the finals against Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad it was Gujarat Titans inaugural season which Hardik Pandya had led.
In 2023 again Gujarat Titans made their way into the finals but could not reclaim the Indian Premier League trophy against the Chennai Super Kings then Hardik Pandya went back to his first franchise Mumbai Indians wherein he replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain but could not make it to the playoffs.
But as per the reports which are the new talk of the town Suryakumar Yadav is the first choice as the captain of the T20 Internationals for team India and the report had claimed it is Gautam Gambhir’s choice to make Suryakumar Yadav the captain. He claimed that he wanted to go for “someone fit and available for the side.” Suryakumar Yadav had led the Indian team in the 5-match T20 home series against Australia right after the 2023 ODI World Cup in which India lost in the finals against Australia.
Suryakumar Yadav the new contender
Suryakumar Yadav also shares a good bond with all the team players and often shares some funny moments with his fellow players on his social media as well Suryakumar Yadav was part of the Kolkata Knight Riders in which Gautam Gambhir had promoted him as a vice-captain for the side. Surya Kumar Yadav also had a rich experience while playing in the domestic season for Mumbai.
Suryakumar Yadav was then bought by Mumbai Indians where he had a successful season then he also received his maiden call for team India he was also a part of the 2021, 2022, and 2024 T20 World Cup squads was a part of playing 11 as well and he is also considered as one of the best t20 batsmen in the world he had also claimed the top spot in the ICC t20 rankings and as per the reports Suryakumar Yadav can be the next T20 captain of India till the 2026 T20 world cup.
Very Soon the squad announcement will be made for the India- Sri Lanka series which consists of 3 T20 and 3 One day internationals in which senior players are rested so it will be interesting to see especially who takes the lead for both the format mostly KL Rahul is expected to lead for one-day internationals all eyes will now be for the T20 captaincy spot.