Gautam Gambhir: According to a rumor, Suryakumar Yadav will captain the Indian cricket team for the forthcoming Twenty20 International Series against Sri Lanka instead of current vice captain Hardik Pandya. After India won the T20 World Cup in 2024, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja announced their retirement from international T20 cricket. Although Gautam Gambhir took over as head coach prior to the Sri Lanka series, Suryakumar is being regarded as the captain. Shubman Gill was the captain during the T20I series against Zimbabwe.
According to an ESPN Cricinfo article, Hardik was being considered to take Rohit’s place as the long-term T20I captain, but his reservations about his fitness and ability to control his workload might mean that Suryakumar ends up in that role. Due to injury, Hardik has missed several games over the past year.Fvir
It has been revealed that Pandya was informed earlier this evening that a long-term solution was being finalized to guarantee stability by both Gautam Gambhir and Agarkar.
Following India’s World Cup victory in the West Indies last month, Rohit Sharma bid farewell to his career as an international player in the shortest format, leaving the T20 leadership job vacant.
Against the island nation in a three-match ODI series, Pandya, one of the stars of that triumph, will take a vacation for “personal reasons”. July 27–30 at Pallekele is when the Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) versus Sri Lanka will take place. The Opening ODIs will take place in Colombo from August 2–7.
It is anticipated that in the next days, the series roster will be revealed.
As deputy captain, Hardik Pandya guided India’s Twenty20 team under Rohit Sharma. but there is a strong sense that SKY might lead the team not just through the Sri Lanka series but all the way to the 2026 World Cup, a senior BCCI source told PTI under condition of anonymity.
For very personal reasons, Hardik is taking a hiatus from ODIs. According to the official, “He has no fitness issues, despite what the media suggests.”
