Reports have been suggesting that Shreyas Iyer is all set to replace Suryakumar Yadav as the team India captain for the T20I format. According to the claims in several media reports, the extended amount of off-form has led Suryakumar Yadav to lose his position in the team.
Amid all the talk around Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav’s future in the team, former Team India batter Aakash Chopra claims that despite all these reports and claims, Yadav will continue as the captain in the T20 International format, at least for now.
If someone asks Chopra to name the successor of Suryakumar Yadav, then his straightforward choice will be Shreyas Iyer. The former cricketer believes that Iyer will be the best fit in the middle order of the team, as he has already proved his strengths. Chopra asks the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to add Rajat Patidar to the team as well.
“If he isn't there, and you are looking towards someone else, my vote will be for Shreyas Iyer. Make him a part of the Indian team. Bring him in the middle order. Bring Rajat Patidar along with him as well, but I see the captaincy on Shreyas Iyer's shoulders because he has got the experience,” Aakash Chopra says in his recent YouTube video.
“He has performed incredibly in white-ball cricket. He is very, very good. He is the only player in the world to score more than 500 runs in a World Cup while batting at No. 4. So he is a performer. He is an absolute game-changer in white-ball cricket, and he captains very well. He has done that with three different franchises. The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” he further explains why Shreyas Iyer deserves to be in the white-ball team.
Will BCCI remove Suryakumar Yadav?
But will the management remove Suryakumar Yadav in the near future, as under his leadership India claims the 2026 ICC T20I World Cup title, defeating New Zealand in the final? Chopra, a former cricketer-turned cricket expert and commentator, believes that Yadav could stay as the captain as of now unless Yadav announces his retirement.
“Suryakumar Yadav will remain the captain for now because he just won the World Cup. You don't change immediately after winning the World Cup, unless somebody retires, just like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja had retired, and you had to do something else," he said in the same video.
Aakash Chopra's prediction on the change of captaincy
Chopra further clarifies that Yadav is not going to take retirement now. So maybe the board can offer some more space to prove himself before taking the final call.
“However, that's not the case with Suryakumar Yadav. Surya is not retiring. Surya hasn't had a great World Cup, but he is the captain. He is a World Cup-winning captain. So you don't change immediately. You will wait and watch, although it's also true that he might not remain the captain or be part of the team until 2028, because it's far and he is not getting younger by the day.” He added further.
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