IND vs SL: With speculations over, who will Gambhir consider as a more viable option for the role of the Indian captain for the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka? Suryakumar Yadav has been chosen for the role.
It has been decided that India will be led in the 3-match T20I series by Suryakumar and not Hardik Pandya. However, Hardik was seen as Rohit’s deputy in the T20 World Cup and is even a far more experienced skipper as compared to Surya. However, despite all this, Surya is picked as the captain, and the decision does not seem very unlikely looking at Hardik’s often injured status.
Hardik Pandya has led India in a total of 16 T20 internationals and has led the Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Though he was mostly booed for his captaincy takeover in the MI den, Pandya showed sheer dominance with the Titans.
Suryakumar is now set to replace outgoing captain Rohit Sharma in the role. SKY is much more of a regular player for India in the shortest format of the game. He is undoubtedly the most consistent performer for India in the format, and he also saw some success with the Men in Blue later in 2023 when he led India to a 4-1 victory over then-recent World Cup champions Australia.
With Gautam Gambhir having stepped in as the new India head coach, he might be looking at Suryakumar in the series to foresee him as a permanent skipper for India in T20Is. Just after a young Indian team led by Shubman Gill put on a show to win a 4-1 series against Zimbabwe, Indian selectors would be looking forward to giving more of a chance to their upcoming generations during the team announcement on Wednesday.