Suryakumar Yadav Removed as T20I Captain: Captain Suryakumar Yadav, who led India to the 2026 T20 World title, has been removed from the captaincy. The report revealed that Surya has been stripped of T20 captaincy. The matter was not limited to just losing the captaincy, the report said that it would be difficult for Surya to remain in the team. Team India has to play the next T20 series against Ireland and England. Even before that, the news of Surya’s removal from captaincy came out.
A report published in the Indian Express said that Suryakumar Yadav has been removed from the post of India’s T20 captain. The Board of Control for Cricket in India, in consultation with the team management and selection committee, will appoint a new captain for the new season. This makes it clear that now the Men in Blue are going to get a new T20 captain.
The report quoted a BCCI official as saying, “The selection committee, BCCI and the team management, after consulting coach Gautam Gambhir, have decided that India should take the field with a new captain from now on. Under Surya’s captaincy, the team won the T20 World Cup, but keeping in mind his form and future, the team felt that now is the time to move on.”
Bad form poses a big problem for Surya
Surya’s poor form became a big problem for him. Even though Team India won the T20 World Cup title under the captaincy of Surya, he could not score runs against the big teams in the tournament. After this, in the 2026 IPL also, most of the Suryakumars were seen as flops. He scored 270 runs in 13 innings at an average of 20.76. During this period, he scored 2 half-centuries.
Became captain after Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma retired from the format after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup title. After Rohit, Surya was appointed the new T20 captain. Now it will be interesting to see who is given the command after Suryakumar Yadav. However, an official update is yet to come from BCCI.
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