Why was Suryakumar Yadav made the T20 captain of the Indian team over Hardik Pandya? Ajit Agarkar revealed
By Aryan Thakur Jul 22, 2024 5:44 PM IST
After the Indian team became the winner of the T20 World Cup 2024 played in West Indies and USA, Rohit Sharma said goodbye to the shortest form of cricket forever, after which the discussion started gaining momentum about who would be the next captain of the team.
The strong contender for the T20 captaincy of the Indian team was T20 World Cup 2024 vice-captain Hardik Pandya. But everything changed as soon as Gautam Gambhir was appointed as the new head coach of India. He proposed Suryakumar Yadav to BCCI, which was approved by BCCI and SKY was declared the regular captain of T20 cricket.
Everyone was shocked after Surya became the T20 captain because Pandya has more experience of captaincy. Indian team's chief selector Ajit Agrakar revealed this decision.
"The captain should be the one who has played the maximum number of matches. That's why Suryakumar was made the captain. As far as Hardik is concerned, he is an important player of our team. His fitness has been a problem. We want him to perform well. We want him to do well. Suryakumar had the necessary abilities for captaincy."
The T20 series will be played between India and Sri Lanka from July 27. Suryakumar Yadav will captain India for this series.
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