Mumbai: He is the captain of India’s T20 World Cup winning team. Under his leadership, India became the world champion in this format. However, Suryakumar Yadav is going to lose the captain’s job. Who is the captain of India in T20 format instead of him?
Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas is almost certain to become India’s next T20 captain. He will succeed Suryakumar Yadav. However, the issue of T20 captaincy was not formally discussed in the online meeting of the Apex Council of the Indian Cricket Board. However, top officials have been informed of their desire to appoint Shreyas Iyer as captain. He is likely to be consulted in the meeting held on June 6 to select the captain. Shreyas name will be announced only then.
At the same time, the Indian Cricket Board is going to take another big decision about the Indian T20 team. The struggle to include Vaibhav Suryavanshi in India’s T20 team has started. The Indian Cricket Board is already eyeing the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. In addition, the T20 World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand that year. The Indian Cricket Board has already started arranging the team for that tournament.
India’s T20 squad for the upcoming tour of Ireland and England will be announced on Saturday. This will be India’s first series in this format after winning the T20 World Cup under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav in March.
But not only the leadership is going, Suryakumar will be cut from the T20 team, according to the Indian Cricket Board. Despite winning the T20 World Cup, his own batting form has been questioned. He was not getting runs. Sky scored 242 runs in 9 innings at a strike rate of 136.72 in T20 World Cup. IPLHe did not have a good time. Scored 270 runs in 13 innings for Mumbai Indians. With a batting average of only 20.76. The strike rate was 147.54.