Mumbai: There was speculation, that speculation came true. Despite winning the historic T20 World Cup title at the beginning of the year, it was heard that not only the captaincy of the Indian T20 team (Indian Cricket Team) is going to be lost, Suryakumar Yadav is also going to be dropped from the team. Similarly, Suryakumar’s name is not in the team selected for the T20 series against Ireland and England. Shreyas Iyer got the captaincy instead of him. Now Suryakumar Yadav opened his mouth about it.
Shreyas’ Mumbai Falcons took on Surya’s Triumph Knights in the Mumbai T20 League. At the toss of that match, Suryakumar was heard talking about losing his captaincy. He said, ‘I am very happy that Shreyas has been selected as the captain of India’s T20 team. We all play our cricket together here in Mumbai and the last three T20 captains of the country have come from Mumbai, it’s a great thing.’
Shreyas Iyer last played for the national team in the Twenty20 format in December 2023. But this right-handed batsman has been a great leader in domestic cricket in recent times. Won the IPL in 2024 KKR As captain. Gautam Gambhir was the mentor of that team. This time in the national team too, Gambhir-Shreyas Jamahan has started in the Twenty20 format. Despite not winning the title, he has been successful in both the captaincy and batting categories in Punjab Kings jersey. He got his reward Shreyas Iyer.
Meanwhile, Vaibhav Suryavanshi got a chance in the Indian senior cricket team for the first time. He took a chance in the national team at the age of 15. The ‘wonder boy’ won the orange cap in the last IPL. Vaibhav also holds the record for most sixes in an IPL season.
