Challenges for new T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav: On Thursday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Indian team's squad for the upcoming tour against Sri Lanka (SL vs IND). Team India has to play 3 T20 and ODI series of the same number of matches against Sri Lanka. Suryakumar Yadav will be seen leading the team in the T20 series.
Hardik Pandya recently won the T20 World Cup 2024 title as vice-captain. But he was not made the captain of the series, he has been selected as a player. After the T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20I.
The team's new head coach Gautam Gambhir and Rohit were in favor of making stylish batsman Suryakumar Yadav the next captain of the T20 team. According to many reports, Gambhir had already convinced chief selector Ajit Agarkar for this. In this article, we will mention the 3 challenges that await T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav.
3. Suryakumar Yadav will have to prove his worth as a T20 captain
Suryakumar Yadav has very little experience of captaining at the international level. Now he will have to prove himself as a leader in the series against Sri Lanka. Team India has played 7 T20 matches so far under his captaincy, of which the Men in Blue have won 5. At the same time, under his leadership, the Indian team has also won the ODI series against South Africa, in which his performance with the bat was good.
Surya has been made the captain of the team keeping in mind the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026. In such a situation, he will have to start well as captain in the series against Sri Lanka.
2. He needs to replace Rohit Sharma
There has been a lot of change in the playing style of all the players under Rohit Sharma's captaincy. He is known for encouraging and supporting the players. Suryakumar will also have to take the team along like Rohit and take some tough decisions when needed. However, his style of captaincy will definitely be different from Rohit.
1. He must ensure that the captaincy responsibility does not affect his individual performance
It has been seen many times that the performance of the players is affected by the responsibility of captaincy. Some players start performing better after becoming captain, while some's bat goes completely silent. While leading Team India, Surya has made a splash with the bat so far. However, now he will have to score runs consistently while captaining for a long time, only then he will be called a better leader.