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Who is the strong contender to become the T20 captain of Team India? This name suddenly appeared in the captaincy race

By Samira Vishwas

Team India: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has now made clear its plan to think ahead of Suryakumar Yadav. According to various reports and BCCI sources, he has now been removed as the T20 captain of the Indian cricket team. Suryakumar Yadav will no longer be the T20 captain of Team India. So who will become India’s T20 captain in his place? Who will replace Suryakumar Yadav? Let us know about it.

In fact, news had come out last Wednesday that BCCI has prepared to remove Suryakumar Yadav from the T20 captaincy. Regarding this, he has told Suryakumar Yadav that he is now thinking about the next T20 captain. BCCI has also talked to Gautam Gambhir about this. Team India is going to see a new T20 captain from the Ireland series.

Team India will get a new captain from Ireland series

The Indian cricket team will play a series of 2 T20 matches against Ireland from June 26 to June 28. Before this series, BCCI will appoint a new T20 captain for the Indian cricket team. In such a situation, the biggest question in the minds of the fans is who will be the new T20 captain of Team India. Let us know about this.

This player will be the new T20 captain of Team India

Shreyas Iyer is the strongest favorite to become the new T20 captain of the Indian cricket team. Iyer has recently performed brilliantly as captain in the Indian Premier League. He had taken his team Punjab Kings to the finals in IPL 2025. Before that he had made Kolkata Knight Riders the champion in IPL 2024. In IPL 2026, he had won 6 consecutive matches.

Shreyas Iyer also has a lot of experience in international cricket. Along with this, he has leadership quality. He can manage the players well. He has taken Punjab, KKR and Delhi Capitals to the finals in IPL. Iyer has scored 1104 runs with 8 half-centuries in 47 innings of 51 matches in T20 International cricket for India. Many reports are also claiming him to become the captain.

Apart from Shreyas Iyer, the Indian Cricket Board will have another contender for the post of T20 captain, Sanju Samson. But the selectors and BCCI will definitely think about his consistency in scoring runs, which can go against him. In such a situation, Iyer is much ahead of Sunj in this race.

Suddenly Gill also joined the race for captaincy.

India’s Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill is also included in the list to become the new T20 captain of Team India. He performed brilliantly with the bat in the Indian Premier League 2026 and scored more than 700 runs. Along with this, as captain, he also took his team to the finals.

If BCCI wants to have only one captain in all three formats, then Shubman Gill can be an option for them. However, Gill has performed disappointingly in India’s T20 international cricket so far. He has scored 869 runs in 36 innings of 36 T20 matches with 1 century and 3 half-centuries. According to these figures, Iyer also seems to be overshadowing Gill.

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