New Delhi: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from this format after winning the T20 World Cup. New contenders have also emerged for Rohit and Kohli’s place in Team India. Along with this, after Rohit, the discussion has started about who will be the new captain of Team India in the small format of white ball cricket.
Rohit Sharma was the all format captain of Team India. After the retirement of 37-year-old Sharma, it was rumored that vice-captain Hardik Pandya could lead the Man in Blue in T20. But now, instead of Pandya, Mr. 360 degree Surya Kumar Yadav has emerged as Pandya’s rival for the captaincy of the Indian T-20 team. Yadav may lead Team India in the upcoming T-20 series in Sri Lanka. Pandya has withdrawn from the one-day series tour of Sri Lanka due to personal reasons.
It is said that Surya Kumar Yadav is the first choice of the new head coach Gautam Gambhir as the captain of Team India in T-20. Gambhir has already played for KKR in IPL along with Yadav. Yadav’s performance was strong in the last World Cup as well. Yadav changed the course of the match by taking an impressive catch from Devin Miller in the final. Yadav also played some important innings in the World Cup. Yadav has played 68 international matches and scored 2 thousand 340 runs at a strike rate of more than 167. These include 4 percent and 19 half percent. He has led the Indian T-20 team in 7 international matches. India has won 5 matches under his leadership.
Hardik Pandya has 100 international T20 match experience. Pandya has taken 84 wickets with 1 thousand 492 runs and 4 half-centuries. Pandya has led Team India in 16 T-20 matches. India has won 10 matches.
Hardik Pandya has frequent fitness problems. There is uncertainty about whether he will always be available for the team. Coach Gautam Gambhir is said to have spoken to BCCI chief selectors Ajit Agarkar and Pandya about T20 captaincy. If Gautam Gambhir’s words are true, then Surya Kumar Yadav can be the new T20 captain of Team India.
