BCCI has made up his mind to make Shreyas Iyer a ODI captain in place of Rohit Sharma. In fact, the Middle -order batsman Shreyas Iyer, who was not selected in the Asia Cup T20 team, is seeing as an Indian ODI captain. After Surya Kumar Yadav, Shubman Gill is at the forefront of the race to become T20 captain.
Before the tour of England this year, Gill was made the captain of the Test team and has been appointed as the vice -captain of the T20 team going under Surya’s captaincy in the Asia Cup. Surya is 34 years old and in the coming time, when Surya leaves the captain, Gill can be made the captain of this format.
Shreyas Iyer was close to being selected in the Indian T20 team but was not selected for taking a 15 -member team in Dubai. Sources in the BCCI said that a few days ago there were official and unofficial discussions among the people concerned about the future of the Indian team. Before the tour of England, the decision to make Gill the captain was also made by seeing his leadership ability for a long time. He will be 26 years old on September 8.
In such a situation, he can lead the Test team for a long time. Not only this, Suryakumar is 34 years old and in the coming time, a new captain would also be needed in this format. In view of this, Gill has been made the vice -captain in T20. 30 -year -old Shreyas played a key role in making India champions by playing 15,56,79, 45 and 48 runs in five matches of the Champions Trophy this year.
Currently, on October 18, the Indian team will play the first ODI in Australia. In such a situation, Gill’s workload will also have to be seen whether he will be able to play in it or not. India has to play five T20s there, in which it will play. The last T20 will be played there on November 8, after which the South African team will play two Test matches, three ODIs and five T20 matches in India from 14 November. After playing five T20s in Australia, Gill again has to captain two Test matches in India.