Not Gautam Gambhir, these 4 people made Surya the T20I captain, you will be shocked to see the list!

Suryakumar Yadav T20I Captain: Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India won its third T20 World Cup title. After Rohit Sharma’s retirement from T20 International, making Suryakumar Yadav the captain surprised everyone. At that time Surya was not even the vice-captain and he was made the captain directly after Rohit. Many people felt that it was head coach Gautam Gambhir’s decision to hand over the captaincy to Suryakumar Yadav. Now Surya told which four people played an important role in making him the T20 captain.

Who made Suryakumar Yadav the captain of T20?

Suryakumar Yadav, while talking to PTI recently, said that former BCCI Secretary Jay Shah, BCCI Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar, former head coach Rahul Dravid and former captain Rohit Sharma were part of this decision. He said, ‘Jay Shah was the BCCI secretary at that time and he called three-four days before the Sri Lanka series. He told that he is making me the captain of the T20 team. He called me first.

He further said, ‘I know that all this was planned together by Rohit Bhai and Ajit Bhai. Gautam Bhai came later. Both of them, along with the then coach Rahul Dravid, had talked to Jay Shah. After this he decided that I should be made the captain of India.

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How is Suryakumar Yadav’s record in captaincy?

Team India has performed brilliantly under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav. Under his captaincy, India has played 52 matches in the last two years, out of which it has won 42. His winning percentage is more than 80. Let us tell you that till now he has not lost a single bilateral series as captain. It would not be wrong to call Surya the best T20 captain of India so far. Surya needs only 8 matches to become the captain who has won the most matches. He can overtake Rohit Sharma.

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