NEW DELHI: Forward of India’s white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, the nationwide selectors and new head coach Gautam Gambhir are considering taking a tough name on appointing the captain for T20Is.
TOI understands that the think-tank has to resolve between Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav.In keeping with sources, Surya has been deemed as a extra steady candidate to guide the crew.
“Hardik was the pure successor of Rohit Sharma since he has been the vice-captain. However the choice committee and Gambhir are leaning in direction of Surya. The argument is the uncertainty over Hardik’s availability in each collection that India performs. They need a steady captain going ahead with the T20 World Cup in 2026,” a BCCI supply advised TOI.
Hardik’s workload has been a serious difficulty over the past 5 years and barely has he performed back-to-back collection. It could be famous that Gambhir has beforehand labored with Surya at Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014 and had even promoted him to vice-captaincy. Surya has been the highest T20 batter on the planet for some time now.
“The coach and selectors spoke to each gamers on Tuesday night. The situation needed to be made clear. It is going to be as much as Hardik to reassure the administration about his availability. A remaining name will probably be taken within the choice assembly quickly,” the supply mentioned.
Hardik has already recused himself from the three ODIs in Sri Lanka citing private causes. It is going to be additionally fascinating to see who will probably be made the ODI captain since Rohit has additionally requested for a break.
KL Rahul has led the Indian crew earlier than. He might be a number one contender with each Rohit and Bumrah unavailable for the tour. The administration should resolve in the event that they wish to proceed with Rahul or spend money on grooming a future captain like Shubman Gill.
