It seems almost certain to snatch away the captaincy from India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav. Surya played the last T20 match for Team India in the 2026 T20 World Cup final against New Zealand. The Indian team won the T20 World Cup title under the captaincy of Suryakumar. Now before playing the next T20 match, along with Surya’s captaincy, his place in the team also seems to be at stake.

Men in Blue have to play the next T20 series on Ireland tour from June 26. 2 matches will be played in this series. After this, the Indian team will take the field for the T20 series against England. While selecting the squad of Team India for both the series, it will be necessary to discuss Surya.

Bad form is becoming difficult for Suryakumar Yadav

Let us tell you that Surya’s poor batting form seems to be becoming difficult for him. Surya was also not included among the potential players for the Asian Games. Now the question is, who will be given the command in place of Surya? Not one but three Indian players seem to be contenders for captaincy in place of Suryakumar. The final decision will be taken by Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar.

Who are the 3 contenders?

In the report of Times of India, quoting sources, names of three players have been mentioned in the discussion of captaincy. The first name is Axar Patel, who was the vice-captain in the last T20 World Cup. Apart from this, Ishan Kishan’s name has also been given. The third name has emerged as Sanju Samson. However, Sanju’s performance raises questions. Sanju is not performing consistently. Now it will be interesting to see who becomes the next T20 captain of India.

Now it remains to be seen whether Surya is allowed to remain the captain in the Ireland series or whether the Men in Blue take the field with a new captain from this series. At present, no information has come in this regard from the Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI.

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