The organization of 2026 T20 World Cup will start from 7th February next month. The World Cup will be hosted jointly by India and Sri Lanka and its final will be held on March 8. India will enter the field as the defending champions, which has match-winning players like Abhishek Sharma to Jasprit Bumrah. But former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes that not Abhishek Sharma or Jasprit Bumrah, but captain Suryakumar Yadav will prove to be the biggest game changer for India in the T20 World Cup.

Team India’s biggest game changer – Shoaib Akhtar

Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav is struggling with poor form. In the 19 T20 innings played in the year 2025, he could score only 218 runs. Last year his average was only 13.63. Despite this, Shoaib Akhtar believes that Suryakumar Yadav will emerge as the biggest star of Team India in the T20 World Cup 2026.

Shoaib Akhtar told in a conversation with PTV Sports that there is no dearth of talent in the Indian team and it seems to be the biggest contender to win the T20 World Cup. Akhtar further said that if Team India has to win the World Cup, then captain Suryakumar Yadav will definitely have to score runs, which according to the Pakistani veteran bowler can prove to be a big game changer for Team India. Akhtar clearly said that if India wants to become world champion, then the captain will have to score runs at any cost.

Good captain, but personal performance dropped

Suryakumar Yadav has not lost a single series after becoming the Indian T20 captain. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar, India has so far registered 28 wins in 38 T20 matches and lost only 6 matches. Surya’s win percentage as captain is 80.55. But after becoming the captain, the personal performance of Suryakumar Yadav has declined.

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BCCI on Saturday announced the 15-member Indian team for the 2026 T20 World Cup. Vice-captain Shubman Gill did not get a place in this team. Ishan Kishan got a chance in his place. Along with this, Sanju Samson’s opening was also approved. After the announcement of the team, a report came out which will surprise everyone.

Shubman Gill’s future was not actually decided on Saturday, when BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia announced the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup, as his future was decided only on Wednesday when the fourth T20 International against South Africa was abandoned due to dense fog, news agency PTI reported. According to a BCCI source, the decision was taken on the same day that Gill will not be selected in the T20 World Cup team. However, till Saturday morning neither the chairman of the selection committee had informed him about this nor captain Suryakumar Yadav or head coach Gautam Gambhir had talked to him about it.

Captain Suryakumar’s record in the last one year has been very bad, while he got relief, Gill’s ouster in this manner may naturally seem disappointing. As soon as the news spread that Gill had injured his toe while batting, it was clear that something was not right, Gambhir and the Suryakumar-led team management had moved ahead with Gill’s replacement.

If BCCI sources are to be believed, the team management had already decided to drop the vice-captain while Gill wanted to play the Ahmedabad match because the injury was not so serious. This was the first signal for the Indian vice-captain to be dropped from the team, as he had scored a total of 32 runs in three matches against South Africa. Initially the medical team suspected a ‘hairline fracture’, but later the scan revealed that it was just an injury and he could play the Ahmedabad match with the help of painkillers.

If we pay attention to the words of selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar, then he also did not seem completely confident about this decision because for a long time he had considered this Punjab batsman as the potential captain of India in every format. If we take a cursory look at the records of Gill and Suryakumar, this stylish batsman from Mohali has every reason to feel cheated.

Gill has scored 291 runs in 15 innings in 2025, his strike rate has been more than 137 while Suryakumar has scored 218 runs in 19 innings at a strike rate of 123.2, which is his worst performance after debut in international cricket. Apart from this, there is also discussion in the corridors of the Indian team that the captain’s right wrist is not completely fine. Two players were in poor form and the national selection committee had to drop one of them. In such cases the captain is often kept away from it.

For this reason, being the captain, Suryakumar was successful in saving his place while Gill had to pay the price because his impact was not that strong while opening the innings with Abhishek Sharma. It should also not be forgotten that Gill is currently the captain of India in two other formats and this decision can create an atmosphere of distrust in the Indian dressing room. Will the chemistry between Gill and Gambhir continue after such a sudden and humiliating ouster? If Suryakumar could not score runs, he would not only lose his place in the dressing room but ultimately also his place in the team, because those who know Gambhir know that for him, winning is not everything, but winning is everything.

Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India defeated Pakistan in the final to win the Asia Cup 2025 title, but could not take the Indian Players Trophy in hand. In fact, PCB Chief and ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi was about to give a trophy to Surya, but the team decided that he could not take a trophy at the hands of a person who is talking about waging war against his country. After this, Naqvi was so irritated that the trophy of champion Team India took the trophy with him.

Talking to the Indian Express, Suryakumar Yadav said, “We were not sitting inside the dressing room after closing the doors. We did not wait for anyone in the presentation ceremony. He ran away with the trophy. That’s what I saw. I don’t know, some people were making our videos, but we were standing. We were not inside.

Another video is going viral on social media, in which an ACC employee is taking the trophy with him. On the night of the final night, there was news that Naqvi took this trophy with him, before that he had asked to send the trophy out to see Team India.

Look how they are running amy with the asia cup trophy on moohsin naqvi’s instructions.

Trophy chor pic.twitter.com/heavc2vkhq

– ⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) September 29, 2025

Suryakumar Yadav, who came to the press conference after the final, made it clear that neither the BCCI nor the government had asked him to take the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi. The decision not to take the trophy was completely of the team. Earlier, Indian players did not join hands with Pakistani players after the match against Pakistan in group stage and Super-4. There were two presenter during the toss in the final, Ravi Shastri spoke to Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav and Waqar Younis spoke to Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga.

The day of 28 September will be remembered in Indian cricket history for decades. On the same day, Team India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the Asia Cup final, but Indian players had to return without trophy. Hardik Pandya could not play due to injury in this title collision. In such a situation, Gautam Gambhir made such a strategy, which made India only by making India the Asia Cup champion. Captain Suryakumar Yadav himself has revealed this.

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav told during a conversation with Revspports that he trusts Gautam Gambhir’s strategies a lot. He told how Shivam Dubey’s entry was replaced by Hardik Pandya. Gautam Gambhir was confident that Dubey would prove to be important on an important occasion and in reality it happened.

Suryakumar trusts Gautam Gambhir by closing his eyes

Suryakumar Yadav said, “When I look at the dugout after every 2-3 overs, they always have something for me. Because the match looks very different from outside the field. Many things are going on in my mind, whom to bowl and how to make fielding. Whatever they sit outside, I think so much.

Gautam Gambhir’s strategy did wonders

Suryakumar also further told that unfortunately Hardik Pandya could not play the final match due to injury. He told that the team needed an additional batsman due to being out of Hardik, because Gill and Abhishek were doing very brilliant batting, but any time can be spoiled by anyone.

Suryakumar Yadav said, “Anytime the team can lose 4 wickets. Anything can happen in cricket. So we needed an additional batsman. He said that Shivam Dubey will take this responsibility. I asked him, ‘What do you believe’. He showed full confidence in Dubey and we flagged off his decision. “

Shivam Dubey really played a big innings on the important occasion, proved to be a big hero of India’s victory. Shivam Dubey came to batting when India lost 4 wickets on a score of 77. The team still had to score 70 runs to win. Dubey scored 33 runs in 22 balls in a pressure position and did a 60 -run match winning partnership with Tilak Verma.

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After winning the Asia Cup 2025 final, Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav came to the press conference with Abhishek Sharma. During this time, a journalist from Pakistan questioned Surya on the behavior of Team India that India did not join a hand with Pakistan, did not get a photoshoot with Salman Ali Aga. On the political question of the Pakistani journalist, Surya gave a befitting reply in Rohit’s style.

Due to the Pahalgam attack, people were opposing India Pakistan match, meanwhile Indian players also decided that the matches would play but will not join hands with Pakistan players before or after the match. Even Suryakumar Yadav refused to take the trophy at the hands of PCB Chief and ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi.

A Pakistan journalist asked Suryakumar Yadav after the match, “The entire tournament you have behaved with the Pakistan team, you did not handhek, you did not photoshoot for the trophy, then you did a political press conference, what do you think that you are the first captain who brought politics within cricket.”

Suryakumar Yadav gave this answer

Suryakumar Yadav first said, “Do you speak or not to speak?” Then he laughed and said in the style of a meme video, “You are getting angry? The question did not know, you have asked 4 questions.” A mim is becoming quite viral on social media, in which he says that you are getting angry. On this answer of Surya, all the people sitting there lost laughter.

suryakumar yadav’s dissapointment on not receiving the trophy.

“We Took Call on Ground to Not Collect The Trophy from Mohsin Naqvi but we were wed on the ground for trophy, we want the trophy so we deserved to receive the same for playing so wll”

– Mohsin Naqvi Ran Away from… pic.twitter.com/4ccpmzbgv6

– Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) September 28, 2025

Suryakumar Yadav said for not being given trophy

A journalist in the meantime asked a question, “What happened today, the BCCI mails the ACC that we did not take a trophy from Mohsin Naqvi. If it is official or your personal decision? Surya replied,” I don’t know what email you are talking about but we took this decision on the ground. ” And we were waiting, when you win, do you play the trophy or not? “After this, the journalist said yes, Surya said,” You have answered it. “

For the first time in Asia Cup history, India vs Pakistan is going to be a final match. Meanwhile, news has come that there will be no photoshoot before the final match. According to a report by News 24, both captains i.e. Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Aga will not get photoshoot done before the final match. So far, Team India has crushed Pakistan both times in the 2025 Asia Cup.

According to News 24, India and Pakistan captains Suryakumar Yadav and Salman will not get photoshoot done with the Aga Trophy. It is being told that Team India has not shown any interest in doing so with Pakistan. This is not the first time that a controversy has arisen in the match between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav and other players of Team India have not joined hands with any Pakistani player.

Irritated by this, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) targeted the match referee Andy Payakroft. The PCB did not succeed in its plans even after strongly to remove the Paiyoft. After that Pakistani team captain Salman Aga was seen escaping from the press conference several times.

Suryakumar and Haris Rauf get punished

On September 21, there was a fierce controversy over the Super-4 round India-Pakistan match. Haris Rauf made a gesture like killing the fighter jet. BCCI complained to the ICC, who had imposed a 30 percent fine of the match fee on Rauf. At the same time, Sahibzada Farhan, who celebrated the gun, was left with warning. On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav was also fined 30 percent of the match fee. In fact, Pakistan had complained about the statement of Suryakumar Yadav, in which he dedicated the victory against Pakistan to the Indian soldiers and people who were martyred in the Pahalgam terror attack.

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In the Asia Cup, the Indian team is riding on Vijayarath, now the challenge is the final, in which they have to face Pakistan. But the bat of team captain Suryakumar Yadav has been silent in the entire tournament, he has been able to score only 71 runs in five innings so far. Amidst this poor performance, legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has advised captain Suryakumar. Gavaskar says that Suryakumar should try to understand the position of the pitch till some ball after landing on the field.

According to India Today, Sunil Gavaskar said, “Suryakumar Yadav is a class player without any doubt. I would like to say that he should try to understand the situation of the pitch by playing some balls.

Gavaskar also said that when the batsman is set, it seems that there is no difficulty in the pitch. But before playing his natural game, the batsman needs to understand and know the circumstances of the pitch.

Suryakumar Yadav’s captaincy has been good, India has lost in only 2 T20 matches so far under his captaincy. But his personal performance has been very bad. This year, Suryakumar has scored only 99 runs in 10 T20 innings, which does not include a single half -century.

Suryakumar Yadav scored 717 runs after playing 16 matches in IPL 2025, about 3 months ago, but the challenge of the Asia Cup is very different from that. He scored just 71 runs in the Asia Cup and his strike rate has also been only 107.57. Last time he scored 47 unbeaten against Pakistan, now he will be expected to perform a strong performance in the final as well. Suryakumar’s walking must be strengthening Indian batting.

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India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav has been convicted by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Actually, Pakistan had filed a complaint about the statement of India’s T20 captain. Asia Cup organizers said on Friday that Suryakumar Yadav has been fined 30 percent of the match fees for the comments made against Pakistan after the tournament’s group league match, as after this match he mentioned the military struggle between the two countries in May.

Explain that Pakistan had filed a complaint alleging political comments against Suryakumar in ICC. On 14 September, Suryakumar dedicated his team’s victory over Pakistan to the victims of the Pahalgam terrorist attack and the Indian armed forces.

Suryakumar described himself as innocent but he was asked not to give any such statement in the rest of the tournament that could be considered political. The Indian captain was heard by ICC match referee Richie Richardson. The tension between the two teams has been at its peak since the Indian team refused to join hands with the toss to show solidarity towards Pahalgam victims and after the match.

These statements of Suryakumar Yadav complained

Suryakumar Yadav said after defeating Pakistan in the league stage match of the 2025 Asia Cup that this victory is dedicated to the victims of Pulwama. After this, in the press conference, Surya had said that we had received instructions from the government and BCCI that we will not join hands with Pakistani players after winning.

Asia Cup final between Indo-Pak on Sunday

The final of the 2025 Asia Cup will be played between India and Pakistan on 28 September. Indo-Pak will be face to face in the title match for the first time in the history of Asia Cup. Both teams will clash for the third time in the tournament. Earlier, the Indian team has defeated Pakistan twice in the 2025 Asia Cup.

India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav has been advised by ICC match referee Ricchi Richardson to refrain from making any political statements during the official hearing. Please tell that PCB had filed 2 complaints regarding the statement of Suryakumar Yadav. Know here what was the result of Surya’s case.

Learn what action was taken on Suryakumar?

The tournament source told the news agency PTI on the condition of confidentiality, “Suryakumar attended the ICC hearing. He was accompanied by BCCI’s COO and Cricket Operations Manager. Richardson explained to him that he should not make any kind of comment, which could be considered as political nature. The ban is not yet known. Since it falls under Level 1, it can either be a warning or a financial fine of 15 percent reduction in match fees.

These statements of Suryakumar Yadav complained

Suryakumar Yadav said after defeating Pakistan in the league stage match of the 2025 Asia Cup that this victory is dedicated to the victims of Pulwama. After this, in the press conference, Surya had said that we had received instructions from the government and BCCI that we will not join hands with Pakistani players after winning.

Will Suryakumar be banned?

According to the rule by the ICC, the matter would be considered as Level-1 violation. In such a situation, no player is banned. Only the player can be fined match fees. Any player is banned only when there is a violation of level 2, 3 or 4.

Asia Cup final between Indo-Pak

The final of the 2025 Asia Cup will be played between India and Pakistan on 28 September. Indo-Pak will be face to face in the title match for the first time in the history of Asia Cup. Both teams will clash for the third time in the tournament. Earlier, the Indian team has defeated Pakistan twice in the 2025 Asia Cup.